Anambra market embarks on massive environmental sanitation

By Cyprian Ebele, Onitsha

Markets in Anambra State; Nkpor Auto Spare Parts market, Idemili North council Area, others has embarked on a massive cleaning, desilting of drainages to allow free flow of water, clean and healthy environment.

Recall that the Anambra State government led by Prof. Charles Soludo had given directives to all the markets, parks, layout, schools, Churches, among others to desilt drainages around their environment and evacuate all silts with immediate affect and its determination to maintain and sustain a clean and healthy state.

Fielding questions from newsmen, Thursday, the chairman of the market, Chief Stephen Ofoleh, expressed satisfaction in Governor Soludo’s government, his achievements so far especially in ensuring cleanliness and healthy environment in all the nooks and crannies of the state.

According to him, “Our market, Auto New Spare Parts, will not be left out in this governors mantra, in the memo from the Ministry of environment, the governor is conscious that all markets in the state must be clean by cleaning their environments.

“Since we came in as the new executives of this market, we met a lot of challenges, like that of the filled toilet soakaway, dilapidated toilet facilities and others which we have restored within weeks and mounted solar lights around the market.

” The Anambra State Waste Management Authority, ASWAMA visited our market unexpectedly, frowned at the current state of our drainages and warned us to abide by the government’s directives by maintaining a clean and healthy environment.

“And I promised him we will do that, not only doing that, to also guide it all through, protect it to make sure it is always clean, I will also have taskforce that will always be there to make sure that no dirt/waste is thrown into the drainages,” he assured.