Sanitation: Nasarawa commences house to house adoption, declares war on filthy environment, …creates refuse dumps, arrests 18 defaulters during exercise

By David Okpashi

Nasarawa state government has announced the adoption of house to house approach to in order to ensure environmental cleaniness, reduce environmental pollution and curb outbreak of diseases.

The government has also declared war on filthy environment in the state even as 18 persons were on Saturday arrested for violation of sanitation laws in the state.

State Commissioner of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr Yakubu Kwanta who stated this while briefing Journalists shortly after monitoring the exercise in Lafia, said government has declared that communities, Local governments and individuals found waiting in keeping their surroundings clean would be made to face stiffer sanctions in accordance with the estant environmental laws in the state.

According to the Commissioner, government has created refuse dumps in strategic locations across the state to ensure proper collection and disposals of waste products generated.

“In other to ensure that Nasarawa rank among states with high records of environmental cleaniness, the state government has created refuse dumps and provide refuse disposals for effective collections of waste in the state”.

“Government would henceforth claimed down on communities, Local government and individuals that will default in the environmental estant laws in the state”.

The Commissioner who was represented by the Chief Environmental Officer of the Ministry, Abubakar Mohammed, said about 18 persons were arrested during this month’s sanitation exercise for violation of the environmental law in the state.

Kwanta who noted with satisfaction the high level of compliance during the exercise, said a house to house approach has been adopted to ensure participation of every household in the exercise during the exercise in Nasarawa state.