ABIA STATE MONTHLY SANITATION FOR THE MONTH JUNE 2023.
BY BENJAMIN KALU, UMUAHIA
The decision by Abia State government to change duration time for the monthly clean up exercise is in bringing a larger number of the populace in participating for the cleaning of their environment early enough before they leave for the other activities for the day.
According to the head of the emergency tasks force on clean up for Aba and Umuahia, Chief Ogbonnaya Okereke, said that, this present Government is for the people, thereby calling on all Abians, to join hands in keeping the State neat, he stated that the governor who had already directed for the change of time from the formal time of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 7 a.m. and 9a.m. after a meeting with the Head, Task Force on Emergency Clean-up of Aba and Umuahia, Mr. Ogbonnia Okereke, who briefed some of the Journalists, who interviewed him on the success recorded so far in the three-week-old assignment.
According to the Chairman of the emergency tasks force on clean up exercise for the Aba and Umuahia, the present Government is the government of the people, commended the task force for the wonderful work it had done within the short period of time, it was constituted and urged the Abians to join hands in keeping the State clean. He called on all landlords in both Aba and Umuahia; market leaders and all organized groups for their support in realizing the objectives for which the task force was set up.
He stated that, this is the first clean up exercise, after taking over the leadership of the state, by Dr Alex Otti, saying that, the tasks force don’t want to come and start arresting the people, that they are going with moral situation.
According to him, because this is the people’s Government, don’t want to start scarring the people, assuring that, is going to be a gradual process.
