The Gombe State Government on Friday announced that the maiden monthly sanitation scheduled every last Saturday of the month will not hold tomorrow over local government election.
Our correspondent reports that the poll will be conducted by Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission.
Disclosing this in Gombe old Secretariat Commissioner for Water, Environment and Forest Resources Mohammed Fawu, called on residents to keep their surroundings clean, stressing that they shouldn’t wait for the general allotted time to participate in sanitation.
He said, “This is to inform the general public that the instituted monthly environmental sanitation exercise, slated for every last saturday of the month has been suspended for the month of April, 2024.
“This is sequel to the scheduled 27th April, 2024 Local Government Elections in Gombe State. It is believed that the suspension of the environmental sanitation exercise for this month will pave way for a smooth and hitch-free poll come saturday.”
Fawu said the suspension was in the interest of the residents in order to allow them elect LGA officials adding that “The General Public are by this, therefore, advised to take advantage of the suspension to come out en-masse to cast their votes during the saturday April 27th Local Government Council Polls.”
He further clarified the ministry’s earlier statement where it was quoted to have said that restrictions during the sanitation exercise would commence by 8am, stressing that it would begin from 7am, adding that “there will a lot of engagements before the exercise in May, where market people, Civil Society Organisations will be carried along.”
Also speaking, Executive Secretary of Gombe State Environmental Protection Agency, Auwal Baba-Jada, noted that the agency is geared towards allocating about 90 additional refuse collection points.
“We have 90 more to construct not only in Tumfure but along Liji, Akko the bypass that will serve as collection points,” Baba-Jada said.
