By Chinemelu Okafor
The Mayor of Oyi Local Government Area, Hon. John Elochukwu Igbem, on Oct. 31, has led the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the area, urging residents and traders to take responsibility for keeping their surroundings clean.
Igbem led the exercise alongside members of the Oyi Legislative Council, the Head of Department (HOD), Works, and other stakeholders.
The exercise featured the enforcement of environmental sanitation regulations, with residents, traders and other members of the public encouraged to maintain clean surroundings to safeguard public health.
As part of the enforcement, motorists, residents and passes by found violating sanitation regulations were taken to the local government secretariat and assigned tasks, including grass cutting and other environmental sanitation duties, under the supervision of local government security personnel.
The exercise was aimed at promoting environmental cleanliness and supporting Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s vision of a clean and green Anambra.
Igbem urged residents to sustain the practice of environmental cleanliness beyond the monthly exercise, noting that a healthy environment required the collective efforts of all.
Chinemelu Okafor is of the Ministry of Information and Value Reformation, Anambra State
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