The Sole Administrator
of the Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) has called on the
Caretaker Committee Chairmen in all 23 Local Government Areas of the State to
take advantage of the monthly Cleanest and Safest Local Government Area award
initiated by the agency to reward environmental cleanliness of the councils.
The RIWAMA boss, who
made the call during the launching /Inauguration of Operation Keep Oyigbo Clean
(OKOC) held at the Oyigbo Ultra-Modern Market on Tuesday, said the award was
intended to promote a keen and healthy competition among the councils.
Represented at the
occasion by the Special Adviser, Intervention to the Sole Administrator, Mr.
Joseph Obele Dibiah, he charged the CTC Chairmen to strive to improve on the
performance of Ikwerre Local Government Area which won the maiden edition two
months ago.
The RIWAMA Sole
Administrator who is also Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the
State charged the Chairmen to key into the vision of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo
Wike to keep the State clean and return Port Harcourt into its Garden City
status.
Reaffirming that a
clean Rivers State is a task that must be done, the RIWAMA boss reiterated that
the benefits cannot not be quantified as it would go a long way to engender
good health for all and sundry.
Bro. Obuah commended
the Oyigbo Local Government CTC Chairman, Hon. Ibeawuchi Alex for his effort in
improving the environmental standard of the area and urged him to keep up the
tempo, adding that Oyigbo under the current administration had witnessed
improvement compared to the condition left behind by the APC regime.
He emphasized that as
the gateway to the oil rich State, Oyigbo serves as a mirror in which the rest
of the State can be gleaned, calling on the Chairman and his team not to relent
in their effort to maintain a clean and healthy Oyigbo.
In his address of
welcome, Hon. Alex said the occasion was used to launch the 'Refuse Bags' and
also inaugurate an Environmental Sanitation Team'. He said the objective of his administration
was to instill a culture of bagging of refuse and disposing them through the
appropriate channel.
The Oyigbo CTC Chairman
said the Environmental Sanitation Team was saddled with the responsibility of
giving Oyigbo a face-lift, stating unequivocally that his focus was in line
with the policy thrust of Governor Wike.
He went on to reel out
some of the modest achievements recorded by the Committee within the short
space of time adding, “These scenario as outlined are indeed a manifestation of
our pledge to diligently serve the purpose of our call to duty and to put
smiles on the faces of the citizen which posterity will reckon”.
Signed:
Jerry
Needam
Special
Adviser, Media & Publicity
To
the Sole Administrator, Rivers State
Waste
Management Agency, (RIWAMA)
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