The Sole Administrator of the
Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) has called on the Caretaker
Committee Chairmen in all 23 Local Government Areas of the State to take
advantage of the monthly Cleanest and Safest Local Government Area award
initiated by the agency to reward environmental cleanliness of the councils.
The RIWAMA boss, who made the
call during the launching /Inauguration of Operation Keep Oyigbo Clean (OKOC)
held at the Oyigbo Ultra-Modern Market on Tuesday, said the award was intended
to promote a keen and healthy competition among the councils.
Represented at the occasion by
the Special Adviser, Intervention to the Sole Administrator, Mr. Joseph Obele
Dibiah, he charged the CTC Chairmen to strive to improve on the performance of
Ikwerre Local Government Area which won the maiden edition two months ago.
The RIWAMA Sole Administrator who
is also Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State charged the
Chairmen to key into the vision of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to keep the
State clean and return Port Harcourt into its Garden City status.
Reaffirming that a clean Rivers
State is a task that must be done, the RIWAMA boss reiterated that the benefits
cannot not be quantified as it would go a long way to engender good health for
all and sundry.
Bro. Obuah commended the Oyigbo
Local Government CTC Chairman, Hon. Ibeawuchi Alex for his effort in improving
the environmental standard of the area and urged him to keep up the tempo,
adding that Oyigbo under the current administration had witnessed improvement
compared to the condition left behind by the APC regime.
He emphasized that as the gateway
to the oil rich State, Oyigbo serves as a mirror in which the rest of the State
can be gleaned, calling on the Chairman and his team not to relent in their
effort to maintain a clean and healthy Oyigbo.
In his address of welcome, Hon.
Alex said the occasion was used to launch the 'Refuse Bags' and also inaugurate
an Environmental Sanitation Team'. He
said the objective of his administration was to instill a culture of bagging of
refuse and disposing them through the appropriate channel.
The Oyigbo CTC Chairman said the
Environmental Sanitation Team was saddled with the responsibility of giving
Oyigbo a face-lift, stating unequivocally that his focus was in line with the
policy thrust of Governor Wike.
He went on to reel out some of
the modest achievements recorded by the Committee within the short space of
time adding, “These scenario as outlined are indeed a manifestation of our
pledge to diligently serve the purpose of our call to duty and to put smiles on
the faces of the citizen which posterity will reckon”.
Signed:
Jerry Needam
Special Adviser, Media &
Publicity
To the Sole Administrator, Rivers
State
Waste Management Agency, (RIWAMA)
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