City Crime
RIWAMA Specifies Areas Of Waste Management
The State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) has clarified that its waste management areas are only Port Harcourt City and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas.
A statement by Jerry Nedam, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Sole Administrator of RIWAMA, said the clarification followed several calls drawing the attention of the State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) to some heaps of wastes in parts of the State outside the two local government areas of Port Harcourt City and Obio/Akpor, the agency manages.
According to the statement, though as the State Waste Management Agency, the evacuation of wastes by the Agency is limited to only Port Harcourt City and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas, the agency had provided receptacles at designated points across the adjoining local government areas but is not responsible for the evacuation of wastes in areas outside Port Harcourt City and Obio/Akpor LGAs.
“It should also be noted that on Port Harcourt/Aba Expressway, RIWAMA is only responsible for evacuation of wastes up to lNTELS and from that point covering the entire Oyigbo is under the purview of Oyigbo Local Government. The same applies to Etche Local Government Area.
“Also, the RIWAMA operation does not cover from Akpajo to Trailer Park and other areas in Eleme Local Government Area. It is under the purview of Eleme Local Government Council.
“Equally, Aluu is under Ikwerre Local Government Area and RIWAMA does not evacuate wastes in Aluu and other areas in Ikwerre Local Government Area.
“It is the responsibility of the council chairmen to evacuate wastes in their local government areas, apart from Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas to which the operation of RIWAMA is confined.
The statement claims that the agency had been inundated with calls from concerned citizens, some, disparaging and heaping blames on the Agency for turning blind eyes to such heaps of wastes, adding that in as much as “we are not trying to shy away from our responsibility and oversight functions, it is only wise to clear the air on the issue as it is more profitable to sensitise the relevant councils and departments to such emergencies and health risks.
“We have also noted with dismay that these concerned councils and departments seem to be enjoying the buck-passing rather than do the needful by clearing these wastes having been so reminded.
“This is therefore an eye-opener, besides a directive to those so concerned and those who appear to have made it a habit to blame RIWAMA for every imaginable and unimaginable dereliction of duties not minding who is responsible”.
It thanked those who showed concern and called the attention of the agency for information and inquiries and assured that RIWAMA, would continue to deliver on the mandate for which it was created with every sense of responsibility, leveraging on the support of the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Woke.
It urged all the relevant departments, councils and stakeholders to give priority attention to the health of all residents in the State by doing their beats as well as ensuring that everybody living and doing business in the State keeps their homes, offices, markets, etc clean and healthy for all.
Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ekemejero Ohwovoriole (SAN) has lamented the increasing rate of human trafficking, especially the girl child in the state.
Ohwovoriole decried the increase in his office in Asaba when the zonal commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Mr Nduka Nwawenne paid him a courtesy visit.
The Attorney-General stated that it was against the dignity of the state and disheartening to see that Delta State now ranked first in human trafficking, overtaking Edo State.
He stressed the need for stakeholders to tackle the menace, adding that if it was one single victim that was rescued, they would be rewarded for their efforts.
Ohwovoriole stated that young girls were the most vulnerable ones in the issue of human trafficking, stressing that children from poor family backgrounds also fall victim to human trafficking.
While saying that their request for an office space in the state would be looked into, to see how the government could be of assistance to them, he assured them of his ministry’s partnership in the fight against human trafficking.
He said that the Task Force on human trafficking and irregular migration, which he chairs, should be having regular meetings.
Earlier, the Zonal Commander of Naptip, Mr. Nwawenne informed the commissioner that Delta state had overtaken Edo state as the foremost state in human trafficking in nigeria.
He told the Attorney-General that their Zonal Command was the first to be established in Nigeria because of the prevailing issues of human trafficking in the area, noting that ika south was the highest in cases of human trafficking as a result of its proximity with edo state.
Nwawenne appealed to the Commissioner and the State Government to provide office accommodation for their officials to operate in Asaba.
The Nigerian Army said it has arrested 50 suspects, including foreigners, for alleged international job racketeering in Lagos.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who addressed journalists in Abuja, on Wednesday, said the suspects were arrested during an operation jointly conducted by the Army and the Nigeria Immigration Service.
He also disclosed that no fewer than 13 criminals were killed and 88 arrested during various operations across 20 states of the federation.
Among those arrested include 50 suspects comprising foreigners who were nabbed for alleged International job racketeering.
Onyema said, “In the South-West region, on November 2, 2023, troops of 9 Brigade Nigerian Army in conjunction with personnel of Nigerian Immigration Service, Lagos State Command, conducted a raid operation on a suspected criminal hideout at Ifako Ijaye.
“During the operation, 50 suspects, including foreigners who specialise in international job racketeering, were arrested. In a similar development same day, the same troops arrested two suspects at a hotel in Ogba in the Ikeja LGA.
“The arrest was in connection with the murder of one Mallam Idris Ardo, the Ardo of Panya Village in Plateau State. Preliminary investigation revealed that one of the arrested suspects masterminded the killing of Ardo and fled the community since the incident occurred.”
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