EBONYI State Commissioner for Environment, Chief Moses Ogodo-Ali, has threatened to sanction landlords in the state capital who failed to comply with government directives of equipping their houses with modern toilet facilities.
He disclosed this yesterday in Abakaliki, saying the intention was to rid the state of devastating cholera outbreak, adding that government was determined to ensure healthy and safe environment for residents of the state.
The commissioner noted that the deadline given to the landlords after two weeks warning still stands.
His words: “We believe that between now and Wednesday, those who do not have their water closet system (WCS) must have completed them because that is the only way people contract cholera and other diseases.”
Ogodo-Ali further disclosed that the first phase of waste clearance in the state had been concluded just as he noted that the second phase had also commenced, adding that no waste dump would be allowed to last 24 hours in and around the state.
He revealed that there were waste dumps in the state which had not been cleared for seven years and the ministry had deployed trucks to ensure the wastes were cleared.
The activities of the ministry, he said, would not be limited to urban area alone but extended to areas close to the state capital and senatorial zones.
Source: The Sun
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