The Port Harcourt Local Government Area Council says it spends a whooping N800. 000 daily to evacuate waste in the city.
Secretary of the Council, Chile Owuru said this while playing host to members of the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Eco who paid the council a courtesy visit of concern over the waste/dirts ravaging parts of the metropolis.
Owuru who represented , the Chairman of the council explained that the steps have however been taken to salvage the situation.
“Upon realizing that there are no refuse dumpsites in PHALGA, the council created some, one at the Njemanze area of the city. Parts of the measures the mayor has adopted is making every government appointee in the council an automatic member of the sanitation committee with the responsibility of monitoring waste disposal in their neighborhood”, a part the statement reads.
The PHALGA scribe however commended the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Eco for showing concern, while noting that the club is the only organization that has visited the council to assist in ending the menace.
On her part, President of the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Eco, Emem Okon explained that the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Eco is the first Rotary Club in
West Africa and the second in Africa whose key focus is environmental
protection and conservation.
According to the Charter President who is also the Executive Director of
Kabetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, “it is dangerous to
allow waste liter everywhere on the streets and roads in the Garden City”,
adding that if steps are not taken to immediately evacuate the wastes, there is
the possibility of diseases’ outbreak with devastating impacts on the vulnerable
ones especially women and children in this era of COVID-19 and small pox pandemic.
She however commended the council for taking urgent steps in ensuring the city gets back it’s Garden City status
Our correspondent Precious Ahiakwo reports that trucks are seen on various locations daily, clearing up garbage from various receptacles and road sides.
