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Ogun State Waste Management Authority has appealed to residents of the state who are still exposing their waste to start containerising them, saying such healthy habits help to curb the spread of communicable diseases, like cholera, among others.
This appeal, the state government said, became necessary to tackle the outbreak of Cholera in the state.
The government threatened to arrest residents found flouting the order to stop leaving their waste exposed.
The Managing Director of OGWAMA, Abayomi Hunye, made the appeal while inspecting the ongoing rehabilitation work at the Kurata Dumpsite in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government area of the state.
Hunye, according to a statement, on Sunday, said containerising of waste by the residents would make refuse collection and disposal easy while also helping to prevent contaminating the environment and of course, prevent the spread of contagious diseases.
He said, “A situation where some residents expose their waste indiscriminately poses a lot of danger because when it rains these refuse will infect the underground water which when not purified will lead to water-borne infestation that will result in diseases like cholera.
“Aside from this, these waste also find their way to rivers and wetlands which will equally affect all the wells and boreholes in those areas leading to unwanted consequences.”
Hunye, therefore, called on those living in those areas where waste had been left open to avoid drinking well, boreholes as well as sachet water, as some of them might not be fit for human consumption this time around.
“We want our people to heed this appeal in the interest of the general public so that the cholera issue can be contained as quickly as possible as everything is being done by the state government to rid our state of this disease,” he said.
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