Clean Up Nigeria, an International non-governmental organisation, , has announced South southern state, Akwa Ibom, as the “Cleanest State” in Nigeria, a position it has maintained for four years now.
The group’s National Co-ordinator, Prince Ene Baba Owoh, disclosed this while announcing the ‘State of the Nigerian Environment’ in Abuja recently.
According to him, Ebonyi State came second, while the third position was clinched by Bauchi State.
He also anounced cleanest geopolitical zones as follows: South South – first position; South East – second position; South West – third position; North East – fourth position; North Central – fifth ppsition; while the sixth position went to North West.
Owoh explained that the year 2022 study has the input of 70 per cent from satellite monitoring with the applied performance indicators to score across the board the ratings of states/cities on their Cleanliness Index.
He said that the national technical study group was headed by Prof. Solomon Balogun showing the statistical analysis of the different stages of evaluated results on a quarterly basis to the final results on zones, states, and cities.
“Our international partners arrived at this unbiased national and global environmental assignment through one of the major four-point agenda “to move from ambition to action, accountability, and implementation,” Owoh added.
Responding, the Chairman, State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency, Obong Prince Ikim, and Ebonyi State Commissioner for Environment, Dr.Richard Nnabu, dedicated the awards to their state governors.
