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Aba will no longer harbour filth – New ASEPA GM

Published

10 months ago

July 15, 2023

The new General Manager (GM), Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), Mr Ogbonna Okereke, has promised that during his tenure, Aba would no longer habour filth.

Okereke disclosed this in Aba on Saturday while speaking with newsmen, saying that Gov. Alex Otti’s government had promised to do things differently to ensure that Abia is placed on the path of progress, including giving Aba a new sanitary look.

The new ASEPA GM said he was ready to change and correct the waste disposal attitude of Aba residents in order to keep the city in proper sanitary state.

He said that with the government’s mandate, his agency would also work in other Abia cities to ensure the state sustains a culture of cleanliness as God’s own state.

Okereke said the state had begun production of over 100 units of waste disposal buckets to be placed strategically in Aba and Umuahia, the capital, to ease waste collection.

He noted that the mass production of the buckets through a Public Private Partnership initiative aims at combating the perennial problem of poor waste disposal in the state.

Okereke said Otti’s government would involve private investors in waste management in Abia to ensure cleaner cities.

He said that the engagement of private investors in the sector would help improve sanitation in the state.

“The present efforts to rid our cities of indiscriminate waste disposal culture will be pursued with vigour, commitment and sincerity of purpose,” Okereke promised.

He, therefore, called for the cooperation of all Abia people and residents to support ASEPA in its yearning for a cleaner environment.

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Ex-Sports Minister laments after hospital neglected him for hours over N80000 deposit

Published

3 days ago

May 11, 2024

Ifunaya Emeka

A former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has recounted how a hospital in Plateau State did not attend to him because of the non-payment of the admission deposit.

Dalung said he fell ill on Wednesday, May 8, and went to the unnamed hospital for treatment but that the hospital refused to give him treatment because he had yet to make an admission deposit despite holding his medical records. The former minister said he regained partial consciousness later and transferred the deposit before he was attended to.

“I took ill on Wednesday, arrived at the hospital & shortly became unconscious after doctor’s interviews. Was ferried into emergency ward but abandoned for over 4 hrs due to non payments of admission deposits. Regained partial consciousness later did the transfer of deposit.

After that, I fell into unconsciousness again for about 7 hours. To God be the glory, I have been discharged after 3 days & recovering. Were it not for partial consciousness to pay the deposits, I would have been Mr. late. Many Nigerians have gone this way. Where is our humanity?

I was then admitted into the ward and given medical attention. This is the hospital that has my medical records. The last medical checkup I did about 2 months ago was there, but suddenly, I became a stranger because of non payments of deposits even with the so-called name. Hmmmm”

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Osun Poly Student, Olanrewaju Olatona killed by hit-and-run one-way driver

Published

4 weeks ago

April 18, 2024

Ifunaya Emeka

A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.

The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.

Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.

Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.

The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.

Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.