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.
Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo Abdullateef Abdussalam Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen Ita-Nmo Market Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan Saka Keji SARS Bashir Badawi YAKOOYO Fola Consultant Yusuf Lanre Badmus Olaiya Zuberu Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf Mohammed Ibrahim Kunle Akogun Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum Oyelere Oyinloye Haruna Tambiri Mohammed Oya State Alapado Bio Ibrahim Abdulwaheed Musa Public Holiday Okala Baba Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment Iliasu Joseph Offorjama Ajase-Ipo Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla Raymond Olaitan Abdulraheem Yusuf Ayedun Timothy Akangbe Yemi Sanni Undergraduate Bursary Wale Oladepo Lawal Arinola Kudirat Victor Gbenga Yusuf Garment Factory Musibau Akanji IYA ALFA NLA Iyaloja-General Sarah Alade All Peoples Party Lafiagi NIPR Abdulfatah Ahmed JSSCE Illyasu Abdullahi Baba-Isale Olaiya Victor Mobolaji Razak Atunwa Code Of Conduct Bureau Ahman Pategi University Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa Ibrahim Mohammed Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh Olabode Towoju Toyin Olayinka Tejidini Simon Sayomi Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak Kwara United Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam Muhammed Akanbi Sulyman Atolagbe Alege Ishaq Oloyede Clement Yomi Adeboye Baboko Primary School Kayode Laro National Broadcasting Commission Oro Grammar School Old Students Association Shoprite Mazars Consulting Sunday Popo-Ola New Model Police Station Ubandoma Orire

