The Sole Administrator,
Rivers State Waste Management Agency, Bro Felix Obuah has described as
disturbing and dangerous the continued indiscriminate dumping of wastes on the streets
and roads within the State capital, Port Harcourt and its environs.
The RIWAMA boss made the
remark during an unscheduled inspection of some streets and roads in Port
Harcourt over the weekend.
He observed with dismay that
despite the efforts of government to keep the State clean, healthy and safe for
all, by providing receptacles at strategic points within and around the State capital
for easy disposal of wastes, people have continued to litter the streets with
wastes with careless abandon.
Bro Obuah noted that
commercial vehicle operators, street traders and commuters are mainly guilty of
this reckless act.
He further warned that such
road users indulging or caught in this indiscriminate dumping of wastes outside
the government approved sites and receptacles will be made to suffer the dire
consequences of their illegal actions.
Such indiscriminate dumping
of wastes according to the RIWAMA boss helps in breeding rodents responsible
for the virus that causes the deadly Lassa Fever.
“It’s therefore necessary to
be cautious and responsible the way we handle and dispose off the wastes
generated whether we are driving, being driven or at our work places.
Doing this will not only
complement government efforts to keep the State clean and safe but also checkmate
the spread of deadly diseases like the Ebola and Lassa Fever etc”, Bro Obuah
stressed.
Signed:
Jerry Needam
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity
To the Sole Administrator, Rivers State Waste
Management Agency, RIWAMA
Monday,
February 15, 2016.
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