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.
Moronfoye Nurudeen Mohammed Salman Alada Bolakale Kawu Agaka Hikmah AbdulKareem Balogun Fulani Busari Toyin Isiaka Moro Ahmed Shuaib Buranga Saidu Kawu ASKOMP Senior Ibrahim Suleiman Royal FM KWSUED Rebecca Bake Seun Bolaji Ayeyemi Sulaiman Yinka Aluko Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence Ballah Hijaab Salihu Yahaya Saliu Mustapha RTEAN Olukotun Of Ikotun Abdulrazaq Solihudeen Lawyers Unite Against Corruption Isiaka Abdulrazak Makama Of Ilorin Obuh Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh Apaokagi Zara Umar MalHub Kehinde Baale CKNG Aishatu Ahmed Gobir Barakat Community Secondary School Ibrahim Agboola Gambari Yusuf Lanre Badmus Owu Fall Olatomiwa Williams Abdulsalam A. Yusuf Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke Oniye Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf ARMTI Musa Yeketi Bola Tinubu Mahmud Babatunde Baker Bolaji Abdullahi Ademola Kiyesola Ahmad Fatima Bisola Kwara-SAPZ Project Fola Consultant Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited Kwara Pdp Peculiar Allowance Charles Ibitoye Suwa-Arabs Yusuf Aiyedun Baruten Sa\'adu Salau Muhammed Danjuma Muslim Cementary Bola Magaji Lawal Olohungbebe Mohammed Haruna United Nigeria Congress Party Fatimah Abdulkadir Adedipe Olayinka Are Shuaib Jawondo Kupchi Hosea Maxwell Unilorin FM KFA Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi

