Taiwo Bankole To curb the spread of cholera and avoid future outbreaks of other communicable diseases, the Ogun State Waste Management Authority has appealed to residents who are still in the habit of exposing their waste to start containerising them. This is even as it threatened to arrest residents found flouting the order to stop leaving their waste exposed. The Managing Director of OGWAMA, Abayomi Hunye, made the appeal while inspecting the ongoing rehabilitation work at the Kurata Dumpsite in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government area of the state.
In a statement on Sunday, he said containerizing waste would make refuse collection and disposal easy, while also helping to prevent contamination of the environment to avoid the spread of contagious diseases. Hunye said, “A situation where some residents expose their waste indiscriminately poses a lot of danger because when it rains, these refuse will infect the underground water which when not purified, will lead to a waterborne infection that will result in diseases like cholera. “Aside from this, these wastes also find their way to rivers and wetlands, which will equally affect all the wells and boreholes in those areas leading to unwanted consequences”.
He, therefore, called on those living in those areas where wastes had been left open to avoid drinking from wells, boreholes as well and sachet water, as some of them might not be fit for human consumption this time around. The commissioner, however, assured the resident.
