By Bisola Adeyemo
The Niger State Government in partnership with a Ghanaian firm, Zoom Life recycling company has announced that three refuse recycling plants will be established in Nigeria.
The partnership would ensure a clean environment and safeguard public health, the State government said.
Malam Habib Abdulmalik, General Manager, Niger State Environmental Protection Agency (NISEPA), told newsmen in Minna, the state capital, on Tuesday, that the partnership was to ensure a clean and safe environment, environnews reports
“Early 2020, his Excellency, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, the state governor, led us to Accra in Ghana to see how Zoom Life recycling company operates.
“While in Ghana we started discussion with the company to see how we can establish refuse recycling plants in Minna and two other urban areas of the state.
“We are still in contact with the firm; if not for the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom Life would have completed feasibility study on the project by now,” he said.
“We started de-silting the drainage systems in the urban areas to avoid flooding since April this year.
“Although we have a paucity of funds, we have started clearing the gutters to avoid flooding,” he said.