Nasarawa Govt. Directs Residents To Relocate From Flood-prone Areas Following Nimet Recent Prediction
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Nimet) has predicted that 31 states in Nigeria, including Nasarawa State, would experience flooding in 2024.
The Nasarawa State Government has, therefore, directed residents to relocate from flood prone areas to safer land..
The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources,
Alhaji Garba Mohammed, disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Lafia after the May sanitation exercise.
Last Saturday of every month was set aside for sanitation exercise assuring to ensure that residence clean their environments.
The PS said that the government had set up a taskforce responsible for sensitizing the people in the flood prone areas to know that the decision is in there best interest.
He equally said that the government had commenced evacuation of drains in Lafia, the state capital, to ensure the free flow of water.
He said thay were working with the Chairmen of Local Government Areas to replicate similar exercise at the local government level.
On the level of compliance with the sanitation exercise, the Permanent Secretary expressed satisfaction with the residents for cleaning their houses, shops as well as their environments during the period of the exercise.
He added that shops and business environments were temporary closed during the exercise, but explained that only those on essential services were allowed to move around.
He therefore called on members of the public to always keep their environments clean to guard against the outbreaks of diseases.
Meanwhile, the Chief Prosecuting Officer of Sanitation Court, Dr Abubakar Mohammed, has said that 122 persons were apprehended in the state for alleged violations of environmental sanitation laws.
Mohammed who is also the Director, Enforcement and Compliance, Waste Management and Sanitation Authority, said the defaulters were caught transacting thier businesses and driving around during the sanitation hours.
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