RIWAMA Sole Administrator, Bro Felix Obuah Restates Ban On Dumping Of Refuse On The Median And Unauthorized Places
The Sole Administrator of
Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), Bro. Felix Obuah has again
reminded residents and those doing business in Port Harcourt, the State capital
and its environs, that the ban on dumping of refuse on the median and unauthorized
places is still in force, warning that the Agency would arrest and prosecute
offenders.
Bro. Obuah who stated this
shortly after an unscheduled monitoring of some major streets and roads in Port
Harcourt metropolis on Wednesday, regretted that despite several warnings and
advertisements by the Agency against indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the
median, residents and those living and doing business in parts of the State
capital have failed to heed the call.
He regretted that residents
still cultivate the habit of indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the median and
unauthorized places, making the task of cleaning of the city by the Agency,
difficult.
In the course of the
unscheduled monitoring exercise, the RIWAMA Sole Administrator, Bro Obuah at
the popular UST Roundabout caught a man dumping refuse on the median. But
the culprit was lucky as Bro. Obuah showed leniency and cautioned him to remove
the waste dropped on the median. He stood and watched the man clear the
refuse he dumped on the median.
“The
time of grace would soon be over and those who dump on the median and
unauthorized places and outside the stipulated time of 7pm to 12 midnight would
be arrested and prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to those who have refused to
heed the several announcements, publications, enlightenments and warnings by
the Agency”, Bro. Obuah stated.
He appealed to residents and
those living and doing business in Port Harcourt and its environs to help the
Agency in its sanitation efforts, adding that littering and dumping of refuse
on the median and major roads was an act of sabotage against the administration
of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wikewho has given all necessary support to the
agency, to keep the State clean at all times.
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