The Rivers State Sanita
tion Marshalls volunteers, have called on residents of Port Harcourt City and environs to cleanup the drains and gutters to forestall any likelihood of flooding in view of the approaches of the raining season. The Co-ordinator of the group, Prince Sodin Akiagba told The Tide in an interview in Port Harcourt that failure to cleanup the drains and gutters now, will result to flooding when the rain sets in.
According to him, thus is the time to open up the drains and gutters for them to evacuate into the rivers.
“The right time for the people to cleanup their drains and gutters is now, that the weather is dry, if nothing of such is done, the state will experience flooding” he said.
He further advised the government to also, use this season to construct drainages in streets across the city where they are not existing, while campaign on clean and healthy environments be stepped up across the state.
According to him, this campaign should focus on dangers of indiscriminate dumping wastes and the need for regular cleanliness, stressing that time has come for people to be sensitised that cleanliness and clean environment is important irrespective of locations.
Prince Akiaba particularly said that people must be made to know that cleaning their environment must not be done only on sanitation days and at the same time must not be left to the government alone.
He used the occasion to commend the Rivers State Waste Management Agency for the provision of receptacles and dump sites in strategic location across Port Harcourt, pointing out that the situation has greatly reduced the rate of indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the city.