Abia Parley Stakeholders; Tasks Aba Business Community, Residents, On Healthy Waste Disposal Culture

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Abia State Government has posited that one sure way of protecting and preserving the environment for the benefits of unborn generations, is for stakeholders to adopt a healthy and efficient waste disposal and management approach .

It has insisted that proper waste management practices hold the key to ensuring a qualitative life for Abia residents and visitors .

The Abia State Government spoke through the Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Asonye Ogbonna, at a meeting with major  stakeholders in  Aba on Monday,June 3, as part of the activities to mark this year’s  World Environment Day, noted that the management of environment related issues could pose a serious  a threat to humanity ,if not properly handled .

He, therefore, charged the stakeholders drawn from traders, business men and women, actors, industrialists, property owners and other residents imbibe the culture of healthy waste disposal, as well as to always be intentional in their approach towards ensuring a safe environment,

“Our gathering here today will foster a spirit of oneness in the achievement of this goal .Let us eschew the habit of discharging our waste into drainage system as they will block the drains and cause flooding .

“Our amiable and visionary Governor Dr Alex Otti,has put the Environment on the front burner as far as his adminstration is concerned .

“As we know ,our dear state is shifting towards becoming an investment destination and Aba ,the commercial hub should be a major focus.

“As stakeholders, you are a critical partner in progress ,with the state Government in the quest for a new Abia .I therefore enjoin you to join hands to make Aba ,and Abia as whole clean,green,and healthy enough to attract investors ” Ogbonna stated.

Responding, the President-General of Abia state Amalgamated Traders Association ASMATA ,Sir Alphonsus Udeigbo, assured that traders, Aba business community and other stakeholders will lend all the necessary support to the  state Government to realize its dream of repositioning Aba as a destination of choice for business, industrial and other commercial activities.

Sir Udeigbo ,who is also the President-General of Aba Landlords Protection And Development Association APALDA, promised that the stakeholders will take the campaign for a more healthy waste disposal culture to not only the business community,but also to the grass roots.

” We want to thank the state Government for prioritizing the issue of a healthy waste disposal and management culture,same way it has done in the area of infrastructural renewal.

“We want to assure that ,the same unflinching support being given by the people in the area of infrastructural development,will equally be accorded to the task of preserving and protecting the environment.

“Already, Aba traders at the various markets are partners in the successor story so far of the Abia state Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency ASEPA” Udeigbo noted.