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| Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay. |
As part of
measures to enhance personal hygiene and curb the spread of diseases including
the ravaging corona virus (covid-19), the Warri/Uvwie and Environs Development
Agency (WUEDA) has charged communities and residents of the area to immediately
embark on a cleaning exercise of their surroundings.
The Agency said
that it was pertinent for the people to instantly tidy up their environment not
just to promote a healthy living but particularly to ensure that the
circumstance that could stimulate the growth and spread of the corona virus was
avoided.
In a statement
issued by the Director General (DG) of WUEDA, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay, the
Agency said that due to the seriousness and urgency of the issue at stake, the
people have to commence the cleaning exercise straightaway and not wait for a
government declared environmental sanitation day.
“Given the
devastating effect of the corona virus (covid-19) worldwide and the increasing
rate of its spread in Nigeria, we have no other option now than to clean up our
surroundings, on individual and house to house basis.
“Besides keeping
our environment neat, it will help us to live healthy, checkmate the spread of
infectious diseases like the corona virus.
“So we plead with
you all in the Warri and Uvwie axis to go clean up that gutter in your front,
that heap of dirt in front of your kitchen and that refuse in your office, shop
and market place. Above all, maintain a clean attitude inside your residence,”
the DG said.
Macaulay, a
former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) reiterated the government’s
commitment to the integrated development of the entire Warri and Uvwie axis
through the master drainage project and facelift of the area.
According to him,
the charge for the people to clean up their surroundings did not mean that the
government was running away from its responsibilities.
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