Ogun State Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA) has appealed to residents exposing their waste to start containerising
Ogun State Waste Management Authority has appealed to residents exposing their waste to start containerising them to reduce the spread of cholera.
According to him, it is only by containerising their waste that they would be easy to collect and dispose of, and as such prevented from contaminating the environment. Hunye, therefore, called on those living in those areas to avoid drinking well, borehole as well as sachet water, as some of them might not be fit for human consumption this time around.
The state government, through the Director of Epidemiology, State Primary Healthcare Development Agency , Dr Kabir Suleiman, told newsmen in Katsina that cholera was an ailment caused by bacteria, which was detected with acute diarrhoea.
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