By Lola Seriki- Idahosa,Kaduna
Governor Nasir El-rufai on Saturday launched Keep Kaduna Clean campaign and said government will construct landfills and suitable waste transfer stations in three zones of the state.
Flagging off the campaign at Badarawa primary school,Kaduna city where heaps of waste were dumped beside the school, El-rufai said landfills and waste transfer stations will be constructed in three major urban centres,Kaduna ,Zaria and Kafanchan to process and dispose of solid waste sustainable.
El-rufai said his administration will not allow state urban centres to become sprawling slums that drenched in rubbish and effluence adding that towns and cities cannot be permitted to be defaced by waste.
According to him: “As we promised in the APC Kaduna Restoration Programme,our party’s manifesto in charge of planning,environmental and urban management to collaborate with local governments and municipalities. This is to ensure that our streets are cleaned;that solid and liquid waste are collected,processed and disposed off in an environmentally-sustainable manner”
“The state government will also construct landfills and suitable waste transfer stations in our three major urban centres-Kaduna,Zaria and Kafanchan-to process and dispose of solid waste sustainably. The local governments will do the same for the towns and villages within their jurisdiction”
El-rufai added: “We would also embark on the beautification of our neighborhoods,Government will recover public land to ensure that green areas,parks and recreational facilities are provided in all towns and villages in the state”
Government will invest in public enlightenment about cleanliness.Then we shall also empower sanitation and environmental enforcement officers of KSATELEA to help advance our programme of clean and orderly cities.Our local government chairmen will be doing this campaign as well,because it is a statewide mission”
