Obuah Reads Riot Act To Refuse Contractors

The Sole Administrator of
the Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), Bro Felix Obuah has expression disatisfaction with some refuse contractors in the state.
A statement from the office of the Sole Administrator said the worst offenders are the contractors in charge of Rumuibekwe zone of Port Harcourt, stressing that it might be compelled to invoke all the relevant laws of the agency regarding their operations.
Bro Obuah wondered why the contractors find it difficult to take advantage of the free hand offered them by the agency to do the right things at the right time.
According to him, if they are committed to their job and keep to the prescribed time of evacuating the accumulated wastes, the ugly sites and resurgence of refuse heaps noticed in some parts of the State capital will not be there.
Bro Obuah expressed displeasure that the efforts and huge government revenue being invested on some of the service providers to keep all the nooks and crannies of the state clean are yet to yield corresponding and expected results on the environment.
The Sole Administrator emphasised that the only way to appreciate and encourage Governor Nyesom Wike for the passion he has for a healthy environment in the state and the huge resources being committed into the project is to do the needful and let wastes be a very scarce commodity in the state.
He noted that, that can be achieved if the service providers do away with laxity in their assignments and for the populace to discharge their wastes at the designated spots within the specified time frame.
Bro Obuah further reminded the general public that the wastes and discharges they generate ought to be paid for according to the laws establishing the Agency but that the government does that on their behalf.
The only way, he said, to reciprocate the kind gesture is to adhere to, and take the instructions of the Agency on environmental sanitation seriously.
Bro Obuah, however, commended those service providers who have shown commitment and seriousness with their jobs, urging them to continue to be exemplary for others to learn from.
There is always a reward for hard work, commitment and excellence,” the Sole Administrator noted.