The monthly environmental sanitation excercise recently reintroduced by Kebbi State Government would be sustained to ensure clean environment and healthy living.
The Commissioner for Environment, Musa Tungulawa gave the assurance while speaking to journalists shortly before embarking on a rally in major streets in Birnin Kebbi, the State capital to create awareness about the resuscitation of the sanitation exercise.
The Commissioner explained that, Kebbi State Governor has introduced new innovation to the current exercise by placing premium on sensitisation and mobilisation of the inhabitants to imbibe the spirit of cleanliness prelude to envisaged prosecution of offenders.
Tungulawa said Government allowed vehicular and human movement, taking into cognisance the present economic and security situation in the country, but we have made it mandatory that all households and shop owners must clean their premises as required, the Commissioner announced.
He cautioned people against indiscriminate dumping of refuse particularly inside drainages which constitutes an offence.
The Ministry of Environment desires additional legislation that will compel all owners of houses, business premises and those building new homes, to demarcate certain portion of their abodes as private refuse dump without resorting to throwing refuse anywhere.
Editor : Ena Agbanoma
