•Ogun to work with faith-based organisations on waste management
The Chairman of Abeokuta North Local Government of Ogun State, Mr. Adebayo Ayorinde, has said the council elected to adopt preventive rather than curative measures to tackle cholera by providing quality sanitation facilities in strategic places.
Identifying public nursery and primary schools in the local government as some of them, Ayorinde said the local government was able to manage the recent outbreak of cholera because there were facilities in schools for pupils and teachers to observe the rules of hygiene.
He spoke while inaugurating toilet and solar-powered borehole at St. James Nursery and Primary School, Keesan, Orile Abeokuta, which was executed by his administration, even as he also laid the foundation for ultramodern market shops complex at Lafenwa market and unveiling of 10 other projects in the council to consolidate his commitment to rural development.
He hoped that the recent decision of the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the 774 councils would bring more impactful developments to the grassroots and rural dwellers.
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Ayorinde said although Governor Dapo Abiodun had been supportive of the local government administration to perform, he added that with the financial autonomy just granted councils by the apex court, the impact of governance at the council level would be felt more henceforth.
He hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for initiating the legal move and lauded the Supreme Court for its decision on the matter.
As part of its continued efforts at institutionising best waste management practices in the state, to check cholera outbreak, Ogun State Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA) says it will collaborate with all faith-based camps in the state.
Special Adviser to the Governor on OGWAMA, Abayomi Hunye, said this when he lead the management team of the authority on a visit to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Camp on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to inspect waste management facilities of the camp.
He said since the camp and many others across the state hosted thousands of people, who were either residents or visitors, there was the need for OGWAMA to collaborate with them.
Responding, the National Overseer of RCCG, Pastor Sunday Akande, said the church had given waste management and environmental sector the attention they deserved, as its facilities were of high standard and could be compared to any of their contemporaries worldwide.