“We are not sleeping at all. Enugu must be clean. We are going to do everything to ensure that the people embrace the government mantra.
The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Sam Ugwu, who disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking with reporters in Enugu, said the government warned against improper disposal of refuse at dump sites throughout the state.He said the ban was in line with the state government’s high expectations of the Ministry for Environment and Climate Change.
“The Refuse Marshals are powered to monitor any ongoing movement around the dumpsters and arrest scavengers who do not allow these sites to breathe,” he said.The commissioner said that the state’s monthly environmental sanitation exercise, which was suspended because of security issues, would be revived.
“When we came onboard, we had a volunteer who helped to plant flowers at the Otigba Junction, down to New Heaven Junction of Enugu metropolis.“The cutting of grasses is currently ongoing at Ogui, Okpara Avenue, Government House Old Lodge, among other places, to help beautify the environment. “The state Ministry of Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development has been relocating mentally-disturbed persons found within Enugu metropolis to makeshift/temporary centres where they are well-catered for, daily,” he added.
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