The coordinator of the Rivers State Sanitation Marshall and Volunteers Sodin Akiagba is appealing to the Rivers State Government to call back the refuse contractors and address the problems preventing their smooth evacuation of waste.
You would recall that recently, Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) said waste will be noticed in some parts of the city due to some challenges with some of its dump site, and some of its waste removal vehicles are faulty.
Sodin Akiagba in an interview with our reporter revealed that the agency is in damn need of more functional dump site with access to road, fund, enough trucks, with other equipment that they need to work with. He stressed the need for government to immediately call the refuse contractors and assist them with funding in order for them to clear up the environment and keep Rivers State clean.
The coordinator of the Rivers State Sanitation Marshall and Volunteers Sodin Akiagba explained that there is increase in operational or running cost everywhere, and that the population of Rivers State is ever increasing. Adding that the refuse contractors evacuate not less than 6,000 metric tonnes everyday.
The sanitation coordinator also advised the government to task citizens for waste evacuation as the free services is no longer sustainable. He however asked the citizens to play their own part by dumping their waste appropriately and at stipulated time.
Still on sanitation, the chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government Allwell Ihunda told our reporter that the attitude of the residents who dump refuse along the median is hampering the evacuation of waste in the city. He said his team is working day and night to clear the garbage along the road. Adding that as a Local Government, they are determined to keep Port Harcourt clean because Port Harcourt is known for its cleanliness as a Garden City.
