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.
Dan Iya Of Ilorin Abdulfatai Baakini Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam ITEM 7 Ekweremadu Aso Ofi Taiwo Joseph Ajia-Bako Nigeria Customs Service Madawaki Of Ilorin Sheriff Olanrewaju Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede Apaola Isiaka Gold Modibbo Kawu Abdullahi AbdulMajeed Wahab Issa Rafiu Olasile Eghe Igbinehi Mary Kemi Adeosun Olayinka Jelili Yusuf Muritala Awodun National Democratic Congress Olaiya Zuberu Yahaya Seriki Abubakar Kawu Baraje Iyeru Grammar School Olomu Oba Abdulrahim Toyin Abdullahi Ilesha-Gwanara Aishat Sulu-Gambari Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency Ramadan David Adesina Malete Saheed Popoola Baboko John Mayokun Dada Chief Of Staff Christian Association Of Nigeria Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Charles Ibitoye Olusola Saraki TIC Amosa Towoju Kayode Oyin Zubair Kumbi Titiloye Chief Imam Of Offa Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed Tosho Yaqub Yakub Ali-Agan Kunle Akogun Donatus Ejidike ARMTI Idowu Aremu Sheriff Shagaya Kwara State Sports Commission Mohammed Lawal Bagega Allocation Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu Sam Onile Aso-ofi Tunji Moronfoye Demola Banu Dagbalodo ANCOPPS KWACOBPA Saka Saadu Bisi Oyeleke CBT Elelu Dauda Adeniran Adeshola Abdullahi G. Mohammad

