My people, hear wetin dey happen for Abia State o! Na so government come yan say market leaders gatz wake up their game as traders dey slack for environmental sanitation matter.
Last Saturday, dem do the first sanitation for the year, but e no just gel at all for major markets like Orie Ugba and Ubani. Traders dey sell their goods like say na normal day. Government officials no fit hide dia face as dem observe all dis wahala. Dem don talk say make traders close shop and get involved, but wetin dem do? Na only to dey run mouth.
Philemon Ogbonna, wey be the Commissioner for Environment, come talk say e dey vex for how market leaders behave. I no fit blame am. Wetin dem dey do? Dem no dey report when piles of waste dey gather inside market, and dis kind negligence no gree help anybody. As dem dey carry out the exercise, e clear say leadership for Orie Ugba market no fit do dia homework.
Ogbonna talk say e no need make market leaders dey use dem own money carry go remove refuse. Na dem sabi report am make government agencies do dia work. If dem no do am, dem dey risk sanctions wey fit fall under the Abia State Basic Environmental Law. E no go sweet anybody if dem carry hand go collect fine.
But make we no forget say, majority of the residents dey try. E no be say everybody dey slack. As communication dey improve, dem dey show small compliance with the sanitation directive. Ogbonna even talk say make dem keep the ball rolling. Na good news be say participation don improve well well compared to how e dey before.
Mr Ambrose Jonah wey be the Deputy General Manager of ASEPA for Umuahia zone, come praise residents too. Him no wan hear wetin dey happen for traders, but na true say weak enforcement dey make some traders dey slack. If market leaders no gree report the tin well, how dem want make government take action?
Kalu Mba Nwoke wey dey represent Ohafia South State Constituency and dey chair Abia State House of Assembly Committee on Environment no gree carry last. Him dey express concern say the way traders dey behave na serious wahala for environmental health level. Dis na wetin fit scatter the whole environmental health objective wey the state get.
During the sanitation exercise, dem catch 50 defaulters, but as e be, dem only release 12. The remaining 38 dem don carry go court. Na dem level wey dem dey follow for environmental laws. The Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment, Ijeoma Iheukwumere, also commended residents wey show cooperation and dey encourage everybody to continue participate well well in future exercises.
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