Nigeria, Nov. 13 -- The House of Representatives has resolved to establish an ad-hoc committee to investigate the worsening waste management crisis and the recurring failure of streetlights across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance moved on Thursday by Umar Ajilo (Makarfi/Kudan, Kaduna State), who raised concerns over the capital city's declining environmental and infrastructural conditions.

Lawmakers at the plenary expressed concern that the once well-planned city was fast deteriorating into a public health and security nightmare due to official negligence, weak institutional oversight, and years of poor maintenance culture.

Moving the motion, Mr Ajilo lamented that...