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Plateau govt fines 103 for violating sanitation laws
The Plateau Environment Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA) says 103 persons in Jos -Bukuru metropolis have been sanctioned by the mobile courts for violating the sanitation laws.
The director-general of the agency, Samuel Dapiya, who disclosed this on Saturday in Jos while monitoring the exercise, also said the exercise recorded minimal compliance by residents of the Jos-Bukuru axis.
Mr Dapiya said there was partial compliance in Jos North from Gangare to Salisu Adamu area on Bauch road, as the youths were seen evacuating waste and dumping same in the dust bins provided by the agency.
Mr Dapiya, further said in Jos South, around Anguldi Junction,the heavy vehicular grid lock showed the non challant attitude of the people towards the exercise.
According to the D-G, going forward, the agency will mobilise security personnel for enforcement, and also ensure that the mobile courts function optimally.
He said the agency had commenced the desilting of drains in Jos-Bukuru metropolis to mitigate flooding during the rainy season.
Mr Dapiya called on the populace to imbibe the act of keeping their environments clean and void of waste.
He further enjoined them to desist from dumping waste in the drains to avert flooding.
Shops and markets were under lock and key, and waste evacuation was carried out by the Plateau Environment Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA)
NAN
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