The Niger
Government has purchased 1,000 road side waste bins to fight against
indiscriminate waste disposal and littering of the environment. Dr Lucky Barau
,
General Manager, Niger State
Environmental Protection Agency (NISEPA), said this in an interview with
newsmen in Minna on Saturday. He said the state government was declaring war
against litters, hence the need to have the waste bins along the roadside.
Barau said that the waste bins were part of government efforts in ensuring that
residents lived in a litter-free society. According to him, the roadside waste
bins will make it easy for people eating sugar cane, ground nut and drinking
pure water or bottle water, to easily dispose of the waste. He said the waste
bins would afford people to place advertisement on it which will serve as
another source of revenue generation for government. Barau said that the agency
would ensure proper monitoring of the bins against mischief makers who would
want to destroy or steal them. He called on road users to assist the agency to
keep watch of the bins and report to the appropriate authority anyone caught
vandalising them. “We have a team on ground that is ready to move immediately
to apprehend anyone caught stealing the bin and retrieve them if stolen. “Those
who are not happy with the new development should know that tax payers’ money
was used to purchase these items and if they are destroyed by individuals, that
will only bring about setback,’’ he said. He solicited the support of religious
and traditional leaders to assist government to educate the people on the
effect of indiscriminate dumping of refuse. NAN
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