The Chairman, Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr Victor Ebonka, on has called on residents to embrace government policies on environmental protection and preservation.
Ebonka said this during the excavation and evacuation of long-aged refuse heaps at various locations in the locality.
According to him, the quest to keep the LGA clean will not be compromised as the council will continue to engage every available strategy to ensure a healthy environment.
“What we are doing here today is in line with our resolution to ensure our environment is clean.
“A lot has been achieved in this direction; we will not leave any stone unturned until it becomes part of the people.
“We have been able to make the services very affordable. I believe that we are battling with a mentality which had been developed over the years.
“That is reason we are urging residents of the area to embrace government policies on environmental protection and preservation by engaging the services of environmental operators.
“However, those hell-bent on defacing the environment through their illicit activities would be arrested and duly prosecuted,” he said.
The council chairman warned residents against dangers posed by poor waste management system to human beings and the environment.
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