By Ruth Adebayo
Worried by indiscriminate dumping of waste in waterways, drains and road medians, the Kwara State Government has called for a new orientation among residents of the State.
The Commissioner for Environment, Hajiya Nafisat Musa-Buge made the call on Friday in Ilorin during the inauguration of 70 roll-on waste bins and five Skip Eaters for proper disposal of waste.
She stressed that in order to achieve a sustainable, clean and healthy environment, all hands must be on deck with the support of all residents.
“The populace should try and make judicious use of the equipment and waste management, saying evacuation and dumping should be done responsibly in order to have a sustainable healthy and clean environment.
“We solicit for your support and constant responsibility, to change the orientation of our people, so that they will desist from dumping waste on road medians, waterways, drainages or floods.
“Let us try and make use of the waste bins, rather than dumping waste indiscriminately for the people of Kwara to have a healthy and clean environment,’’ Musa-Buge appealed.
She also informed that the state government collaborated with Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Land Scape (ACRESAL) to acquire the implements.
“Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq approved the procurement of the new trucks and roll-on bins through ACRESAL project.
“Part of the component of ACRESAL project is institutional strengthening, which they used in acquiring these equipment, which are also positively affecting other ministries like agriculture and water resources,’’she said.
She recalled that the Governor recently inaugurated and distributed inputs to farmers in the State and tractors for each of the local government areas, which was part of ACRESAL project.
