LG Boss Tasks Communities, Churches On Personal Hygiene

In a move aimed at checking the spread of coronavirus to Oyigbo Local Government Area, the council has urged churches, markets and communities to promote the highest level of personal hygiene in their areas.
The council chairman Prince Gerald Offorji, who said thus during an environmental sanitation exercise in the area said the directive was in line with the desire by the State Government to ensure that the disease does not spread to the state.
He also said the council will enforce the order to ensure compliance.
The council boss said the campaign will be taken round all communities and compounds in Oyigbo to ensure that no one is left behind.
According to him, time has come for the people to take the cleanliness of their environment seriously, warning that the council would no longer allow people to continue to deface Oyigbo with refuse.
“In our effort to maintain hygienic environment and avoid coronavirus and other diseases ravaging the world, all hands must be on deck to keep Oyigbo clean” he said.
While commending the people for their large turnout during the sanitation exercise, Prince Offorji also solicited the supports of both corporate and non government organisations to join in the campaign to keep Oyigbo clean.
“Our vision is geared towards ensuring clean environment, that is capable of attracting investors to generate revenue.”
The chairman said clean environment remains the key in the council drive to take Oyigbo to greater height adding that a number of youths have already been engaged in the environmental sanitation sector.