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.
Royal FM Jaigbade Alao Democracy Day Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo Labour Party Ibrahim Abikan Kuliyan Geri Isiaka Abdulrazak Muftau Akanbi Oke Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq Alfa Modibo Belgore Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu ENetSuD Alabi Lawal Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu Kayode Bankole Michael Nzwekwe Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Hakeem Idris Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah Muazam Nayaya Sulu Gambari RTEAN 20 Billion Bond Kamaldeen Ajibade Yusuf Lawal Kudirat Arinola Lawal Taofik Abiodun Ahmed Olawuyi Amusa Bello Senate Presidency JAAC Kamaldeen Kehinde Monsurat Omotosho Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran Abubakar B.M Ibrahim Sulu Gambari Isiaq Khadeejah Raliat Islamic Foundation Kwara State Polytechnic IEDPU Kumbi Titiloye Wahab Femi Agbaje Amina El-Imam Alabere Ghali Muhammed Habeeb Saidu Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Vasolar Kwara State Geographic Information Service Shuaib Boni Aliyu Kisira Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies Opaleke Bukola Iyabo Lafiagi Hussein Olokooba Kayode Laro Fatai Olodo Aishat Mohammed Lawal Yakubu Dogara Wole Oke James Ayeni IF-K Olaiya Lawal Elerinjare-Ibobo Joseph Bamigboye ASUU Muhammadu Gobir Law School Scholarship Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa Deji Ajani Tayo Alao Olabanji Orilonishe Valsolar Consultoria Bolaji Nagode

