By Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki
“the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State is troubled over the filthy state of the state secretariat and the offices therein and has consequently taken charge of supervising environmental cleanliness in all the ministries in the state.
Daily Sun›s investigation showed that surroundings of many ministries and some other parts of the state capital, have in recent times remained dirty. They posed health hazards to workers and residents. This prompted Governor Francis Nwifuru to direct the party to take over the cleanliness of the state secretariat complex.
So far, the party has written to the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Professor Grace Umezuruike informing her of the governor›s directive.
In a letter jointly signed by the State Chairman of the APC, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, and Charles Ofoke, Secretary, the party vowed that the state must be kept clean: “Consequent upon the directive of the Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, that the tate executives of APC, should take charge of environmental cleanliness of the State, we write to forward to your good office, our resolutions in that regard, and inform you that effective from today, Monday, August 12, 2024, henceforth: Sweeping of roads and gutters within and around each ministry in the state will now be on daily basis.
“Scooping of gutters, clearing of grasses, weeding and evacuation of refuse within and around each ministry will be on weekly basis.
“Every ministry must have a central place within the ministry for dumping of refuse, from where they will be evacuated to the final dump site on weekly basis.
“Consequently, you are to convey this information to all the ministries for their immediate actions, as failure to comply with the above directives, the party will take necessary actions, starting from Wednesday, August 14, 2024, including but not limited to carrying out the cleaning activities for them and charging them for the work.”