Ministry of Environment Clears Illegal Dumpsite to Combat Cholera Threat
According to a news report from Daily Trust, the Kwara State Ministry of Environment has evacuated the illegal dumpsite along Akerebiata-Abattoir Bridge in Ilorin East LGA.
During the exercise, the Commissioner for Environment, Hajiya Nafisat Buge, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Abubakar Ayinla, stated that the effort was aimed at ensuring a clean and healthy environment for all residents of the state.
The commissioner reminded community members that the ongoing outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country called for concerted efforts. She assured that the government would not rest on its laurels in ensuring that the state remained free from cholera outbreaks.
She said, “The government is committed to maintaining a clean, safe and healthy environment.
“This is why various measures have been put in place to forestall outbreak of diseases, especially the ongoing cholera, which is already ravaging some states in the country.
“While we mark the exercise, we also need to be wary and proactive in keeping cholera and other diseases at bay.''
She, therefore, enjoined residents to join hands with the state government in ensuring a clean environment and desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse, especially on river banks and road medians.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Charles Ibitoye Aliyu Umar Oyedepo Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa Communication Network Support Services Kwara State Health Insurance Agency Rashidi Yekini National Union Of Road Transport Workers Hussein Oloyede Lanre Issa-Onilu Abdulbaqi Jimoh Kumbi Titiloye Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission Kulende Ndama Al-hassan Makama Of Ilorin Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke Ilorin Metro Park Ilorin Innovation Hub ARMTI Simon Sayomi Al-Hikmah University General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Niguel Gallando Marcias Press Release Saliu Alamoyo Mohammed Lawal AbdulRazaq Jiddah Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao Kwara Restoration Project Ojo Fadumila Lateef Alagbonsi Kehinde Baale Abegunde Goke Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Ilorin Emirate Staff Association Moronfoye Modibo Kawu Christopher Tunji Ayeni Kwara 2023 Gbugbu International Market Voices Of Tomorrow Ibrahim Labaika Government House Oko-Erin Yahaya Oloriegbe Olupako John Obuh Abdulwahab Oba Ethical College Seun Bolaji Ibrahim Orire International Aviation College Abdulazeez Arowona Sobi Specialist Hospital Moshood Kashimawo Abiola Saliu Oluwole Wahab Femi Agbaje Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Umar Yakubu Jaja Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon AbdulGafar Tosho Prince Mahe Abdulkadir Musa Alhassan Buge Ahmed Bayero Bolakale Ayo Muhammed Aliyu Sherif Shagaya Kudirat Arinola Lawal Adeleke Ogungbe ASMAU PLAZA Wahab Agbaje Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu Ayinde Oki AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah CACOVID Labaeka

