The residents of the city of Port Harcourt are lamenting the take over of the city skyline by black soot and that government is doing nothing to protect their health. Since late last year black soot has been falling from the sky. One of the residents, Steven Obodekwe, lamented "You hang your clothes and before you know it, they become black. You step on your floor, everywhere is black," a Port Harcourt resident and environmentalist.