The Plateau State government has restated its commitment to keep the
state clean, environmentally friendly and healthy, as it intensifies
efforts against indiscriminate refuse dumping across the state capital
as well as other remote communities.
The state Commissioner for Environment, Abdullahi Abbas, stated this at
the weekend during the monitoring and evaluation of the private waste
disposers working in Jos-Bukuru metropolis.
He said the state government privatized waste evacuation in the state
about five months ago, but discovered that the Jos-Bukuru metropolis was
still very dirty which, he said, made it necessary for the relevant
authorities to “go out and access the performances of the private waste
operators.”
Abbas said from the assessment, out of the 14 zones visited, only about
half of the private waste operators had performed well, while the
remaining left much to be desired.
Reacting to the challenges of sensitization faced by some of the
operators, the commissioner said they have done their best, including
holding interactive sessions with many organizations, NGO’s and
sponsored talk shows on radio stations.
DAILY TRUST