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The deputy governor of Adamawa state, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta, and other members of the State Executive Council (SEC) have cleaned up the state capital, Yola.
The deputy governor, with a broom and other cleaning items in hand, led the commissioners into the streets on Wednesday, December 20, clearing drains and removing refuse and other unsightly objects.
The exercise was seen as a demonstration of the resolve of the government to make Adamawa a cleaner state.
Speaking during the exercise, Farauta reiterated the government’s determination to ensure that blocked drainages and carelessly dropped refuse are evacuated regularly.
She appealed for more persons to participate in environmental sanitation to support the drive for a cleaner state.
The state commissioner of environment, Mohammad Sadiq Mohammad, who also spoke, said every effort was being made to achieve the desired goal of a cleaner and healthier Adamawa State.
The Nation reports that the Adamawa State Deputy Governor had only on Tuesday, December 19, ordered the state Urban Planning and Development Authority to remove illegal posters, refuse dumps, and illegal billboards from across the state.
Farauta who gave the order while inspecting illegal refuse dumps in the state, expressed concern over heaps of illegal dumps in parts of Yola, posing a threat to traffic safety and environmental health.
She had expressed the worry that some of the illegal posters and billboards erected on public structures are positioned in ways that obstruct the view of road users, causing accidents, especially at night.
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