Following the outbreak of cholera in parts of the country, the Ogun State Waste Management Authority has urged residents to stop exposure of waste and start containerizing them to reduce the spread of diseases. The agency maintained that containerizing waste would make it easier for collection and disposal.
The newly appointed Special Adviser to the Governor and Managing Director of OGWAMA, Abayomi Hunye, made the appeal while inspecting the ongoing rehabilitation work at the Kurata Dumpsite in Ota. Hunye stated that indiscriminate exposure of waste can infect the underground water when not purified and lead to water-borne infestation that will result in cholera.
'Aside from this, this waste also finds its way to rivers and wetlands which will equally affect all the wells and boreholes in those areas leading to unwanted consequences.' The special adviser while assuring the residents that OGWAMA will continue to perform its duties of proper waste management added that the 'waste police' are out to arrest those who flout the directive.
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