Ministry sensitises community on proper waste management

In a bid to have a clean environment, the Federal Ministry of Environment has taken sanitation to Kuchingoro area in the FCT to sensitise the community on the need for proper waste management.

The sensitisation campaign was part of the activities to commemorate this year’s National Environmental Sanitation Day with the Theme: ” Promoting Sustainable Waste Management for a Healthy Environment “.

The Director of Pollution Control and Environmental, Health Federal Ministry of Environment Mr Usman Bokani said the government would continue to address pressing environmental, waste management and sustainability issues.

Bokani stated that the government committed to end the causes of opening dumping in the country.

Traditional Ruler Kuchigoro community, Mr Umar Dogo said the community would work to achieve the standard of environmental sanitation in the community.

He also said that he has been working closely with his subjects over the years on the need to keep their environment clean at all times.

WHO’s representative Mr. Edwin Isotu said the sensitisation campaign was a wake-up message to every member of the community to clean their environment at all times.

He said the WHO would continue to push to make sure that this brings the needed results for Nigerians.

Representative of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Mr, Bako Kaindu said that Kuchingoro community is usually organised when it comes to the issue of environmental sanitation.

He urged Kuchingoro community to have a data base of people living within their community.