Sanitation: Delta LG Boss Issues Residents 2-Day Ultimatum To Clear Premises

–Says Defaulters’ll Be Sanctioned

By Omonigho Odens

The Uvwie Local Government Council Chairman, Hon. Tega Ramson Onoyake, on Saturday issued residents of Jakpa road a two day ultimatum to clean their premises of filth, warning that defaulters will be sanctioned in accordance with stipulated laws by its Special Task Force backed by mobile courts.

The Council boss during a chat with journalists during the monthly sanitation exercise which ended at 4p.m. today, said that the Special Task Force will swing into action immediately to enforce the Council’s order.

Continuing, he warned that defaulters will face the law stressing that, “We are going to impose fines on the residents.

“If you refuse to clean your premises, maybe the Special Task Force will do that for you. Then, you pay huge fines to the task force or go to jail.”

Hon. Onoyake who was accompanied by the Secretary to the Local Government Council, Hon. (Engr.) Francis Umuroh said: “We are giving them between now and on Monday to do that. By Tuesday, the Special Task Force will come out fully.”

He emphasized that,”if the residents are not ready to clear their premises, the Special Task Force will do that and they will face the penalty. ”

Hon. Onoyake expressed disappointment at the attitudes of residents towards the sanitation exercise.

According to him, “First of all, I am really disappointed with what I saw today. The residents see environmental hours as time to rest at home.

“I discovered that from 7a.m. to 10 a.m., most commercial shops and homes were locked. Just 5 minutes after 10 a.m., you see all shops reopened for the day’s activities leaving their environment dirty.”

While noting that it is not the duty of the council to clean the environment, including the homes of the residents, Hon. Onoyake passionately appealed to residents to have a change of attitude, stressing that the council will spare no defaulter.

Hon. Onoyake who was also accompanied by the Head of Personnel Management, Mr. Macaulay Ukutsemuya, as well as the Supervisory Councilor on Environment, Hon. Ted Mawe, commenced the clearing of Jakpa road, particularly the median (from the junction), down to Asheshe axis, back to Jakpa Junction with the hope of completing the exercise at Ekpan axis next week.