The Delta State Waste Management Board has emphasised the need for stakeholders to work closely with waste managers to reduce the outbreak of epidemic in the state.
Mr Emma Chinye, Chairman of the Delta State Waste Management Board, made the call in a statement on Thursday where he urged Delta residents to change their attitude to waste management and environmental practices.
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According to him, evacuation of waste is everybody’s responsibility as negative effect always got back to the people.
“The board has engaged youths in Asaba to check the indiscriminate dumping of waste at market place and other parts of the state in order to eliminate illegal dumping of refuse,” he said in the statement.
He called on the residents to report any private sector participant (PSP) who failed to do his job , while urging PSP officers to be diligent in discharging their duties.
He said that Delta government was making plans to acquire more dump sites across the state adding that government has made provision for tipping trucks to be available in 25 LGA.
“On the problems of the dumpsite, what happened last year would not be experience again, government is making frantic effort to ensure it does not repeat itself,”he said.(NAN)
