KWEPA INTERFACES WITH TRADERS UNION ON WASTE MANAGEMENT.
... new model must be adopted to forestall waste indiscrimination in the market areas.
The Kwara State Government in her bid to further ensuring that possible outbreak of pandemic in the State is nib in the bud, has again through Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency called to the round table the relevant stakeholders to figure out lasting solution to forestall the waste indiscrimination in major markets of Ilorin Metropolis which has become rampant.
The General Manager of the Agency, Alh. Sa'ad Ayuba Dan-Musa while addressing the Executive members of Association of Traders Union and Artisans across major Markets within Ilorin Metropolis in the Mini Conference room of the Agency, said the interface became necessary to avert possible outbreak of pandemic in our environment.
Alh. Sa'ad Ayuba, while speaking, registered his displeasure on the alarming rate at which waste dumping around our major markets in Ilorin has become, saying that such practice is an eyesore and a threat to the good hygienic environment that the Administration of Mallam Abdul Rahman Abdul Rasaq is very passionate about.
Alh. Sa'ad, in the meantime, while enlisting lines of activities and model the Agency has designed to achieve its mission to tackle the ugly issue, used the same medium urging the meeting that maximum support and cooperation from all invited bodies as the stakeholders in the state is inevitable.
As part of the new model, it was unanimously agreed upon that every shop in all the market area in Ilorin will henceforth get a waste bin at its door step of which waste contractors will be coming around to pick them up fortnightly based on the subsequent arrangement between the company and the Excos of the market.
Alh Dan-Musa emphasized that there is no imposition of type and size as regards waste bin to get and that government will not sell to anybody but strict adherence to this latest development becomes compulsory as anybody found wanting of violating environmental ethics laid down by the government will definitely face the music.
_"... I am not imposing it (waste bin) on anybody, just ensure you get a proper waste bin as incriminating disposal of waste would no longer be taking lightly; Said, Dan-Musa._
In her response, The Iyaloja of Yoruba market, Alhaja Mulikat Ajide, appreciated the honour and the trust the State Government reposed in them for summoning them to the meeting, while assuring that, the aftermath of the meeting will yield expected result.
Present in the meeting also were, Alh. Abdulhafeez A. Laaro, Chairman KSTDAN, Alh. Oladipo O. Sulaiman, Chairman Onibori, Mr. Gozie Collins, Vice-Chairman Igbo traders Ago Market, Chief (Mrs) Atoyebi Olayinka, Vice President Artisan Congress, Mrs Mariam Ibrahim Jayeola, Iyaloja Kulende Market, Saheed Atobatele, General Secretary, Oja-Oba Market, Ilorin, Ayilara Kehinde A., General Secretary, Baboko Market among several others.
Alabere, Ahmed B.
Press Secretary
KWEPA
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