Environment Protection Agency To Employ 750

The General Manager,
Borno State Environment Protection Agency (BOSEPA), Allhaji Nasiru Surundi, said the agency would employ 750 persons to enhance sanitation activities in the state.
He made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Maiduguri.
Surundi said the measure was to engage more people in streets sweeping.
He added that “apart from the fact that such people will have something to earn a living, the streets of Maiduguri will also be cleaner.
“We want to employ more youths, women and vulnerable people that were affected by the Boko Haram insurgency so as to assist them to become self-reliant.’’
The general manager said some of the people to be employed would be trained under the agency’s programmes of recycling of polythene bags, laundry services, covering of drains and environmental beautification.
He said the agency would soon embark on sensitisation tours to Bama, Gwoza, Ngala and Monguno to educate the people about the importance of sanitation with a view to ensuring clean and healthy environment.
“People must ensure clean and healthy environment to control diseases like cholera, malaria and typhoid.
“We also need enabling laws that will punish anyone found abusing the environment.’’
He noted that the agency had provided refuse dump sites, 5,000 refuse compactor, 40 trucks, 15 roll-on roll-off machines, as well as 10 frontier fogging machine to ensure refuse was properly disposed by residents in the state.