By Sunday Apah
Special Correspondent, Ughelli
Delta State Commissioner for Environment, Frank Omare, has assured that the Special Environmental Task Force set up by the state government to clear the state of wastes, illegal structures and abandoned cars, will deliver its mandate.
Omare, who gave this assurance on Thursday during the destruction of illegal structures and clearing of drains in Udu, Warri South and Uvwie Local Government Area of the state, said they are going round the state to ensure that the state is cleared of wastes, illegal structures and abandoned cars.
Omare explained: “rains are coming and the public behaviour among some Deltans towards waste management is faulty. Everybody just believed that there is no law and they just embarrassed the government and the people of Delta State. Every open site has been turned to dump site. Nobody wants to patronise the waste disposal vans that evacuate wastes in the state.
He added, “waste itineration equipment has been provided in Delta North and such equipment are about to be put in Warri and other places. All these are measures put in place by government to clear the state of waste. There are a lot of designated dump sites and parks created by government, yet people still dump waste and pack cars haphazardly”.
Omare reiterated that the Special Environmental Task Force is compelling everybody to ensure that they behave well and protect their environment, saying it is no longer right for anyone to dump wastes haphazardly.
He further stated that “residence’ compliance with the task force team is high; it’s just that some of them are satanic in mind. And those are the people we are looking for. If you go round now, you can see the face lift in the cities. It shows that what they were doing was wrong. I want to appeal to those citizens who think they are untouchable just because they have some persons at Asaba to obey the law because nobody is above it”.
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