By Kolade Adeyemi, Jos
The Plateau State Government has charged residents of the state to observe the resuscitated monthly environmental sanitation exercise today, Saturday, Aug. 29.
Governor Simon Bako Lalong gave the order in a statement issued on Friday by Mr. Dan Manjang, the state information and communication commissioner.
“Our governor has directed the immediate resuscitation of the monthly environmental sanitation. By this directive, the exercise is to resume with effect from this Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020.
“Consequently, all citizens are hereby enjoined to come out and clean their surroundings,” he stated.
The governor said that residents must ensure that their interiors and surroundings be cleared especially grasses and drainages around their homes and business premises.
Lalong explained that the government took the action in the best interest of the health and safety of its citizens.
According to him, it was also in realisation of the unacceptable sanitary conditions of some areas in the state which pose serious danger to the wellbeing of residents.
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“In the light of this, movement will be restricted between the hours of 7.00 and 10.00 AM. All entry and exit points into and out of the state will be shut except for those on essential services.
“Parents and guardians are hereby advised to keep their wards in check and to come out en-mass to clean their surroundings,” he ordered.
Lalong said that security agents and mobile courts have been duly mobilised to arrest and persecute defaulters.
He stated that henceforth the exercise would be a routine every last Saturday of the month.
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