RIWAMA declares Saturday state-wide sanitation day

Bro Felix Obuah, the Sole Administrator of Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), has announced that September’s State-wide Sanitation exercise will hold on Saturday, September 28, 2019.

Obuah said the excersice would hold across the 23 Local Government Areas of the State from 7 am – 10 am.

In a statement by Jerry Needam, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Obuah said there would be strict restriction of human and vehicular movements during the period of the exercise.

He enjoined all the 23 Council Chairmen in the state and Councilors to endeavour to mobilize their constituents to ensure that they clean their surroundings while also ensuring that gutters and water channels are cleared of debris to allow for a free flow of water.

Consequently, Obuah appealed to security agencies, especially the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Area Commanders, to strictly enforce the restriction of human and vehicular movement order during the period of the exercise across the State.

The Sole Administrator called on all Rivers people and those living and doing business in the State to comply accordingly by using the period to clean their environment and surroundings as defaulters will be arrested and prosecuted.

He urged owners of trucks (individuals and corporate organizations) to make available their vehicles for the evacuation of wastes that would be generated during the period of the sanitation exercise.

The RIWAMA boss also called on traditional rulers, church leaders, Community Development Committees (CDCs) and youth groups to mobilize their people to clean their surroundings.

While urging the people of the State to support Governor Nyesom Wike’s vision of a clean and safe environment, Obuah reiterated the uncompromising commitment of the Agency (RIWAMA) in ensuring that Port Harcourt regains its Garden City status as well as having a healthy and clean State for the citizenry.