Waste Management: Enugu Takes Steps Towards Effectiveness

The Enugu State Government has taken measures to address the problems of the State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA), to ensure effective waste disposal in Enugu and Nsukka Urban areas.

A team of Mechanical Engineers from the company that supplied the fifteen waste disposal trucks will arrive the state by next week, to effect total repairs on the trucks and also provide spare parts for regular maintenance of the vehicles.

In addition, government had completed arrangements for the visiting Engineers to train her own personnel (ESWAMA personnel), on how to repair and service the trucks for better operations and service delivery.

The state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Chuks Ugwoke, said that the State Executive Council, approved these measures during its meeting after receiving an update efforts by the Management of the Authority to tackle the issue of refuse disposal and management in the state.

Mr. Ugwoke said that government was worried about the problem of waste disposal in the state in the recent times and assured residents of Enugu and Nsukka Urban that as very responsive government always alive to its responsibility, the problem will be taken care of in a matter of weeks.

The commissioner who was addressing the press shortly after the councils meeting chaired by the Governor, Mr. Chime, said that members approved the establishment of the state Road Maintenance Agency to rehabilitate and maintain state roads.

According to the commissioner, a draft bill to back up the establishment of the agency will be sent to the state House of Assembly for their deliberation and passage.