CHOLERA,OGUN TO COLLABORATE WITH RELIGIOUS CAMPS ON WASTE MANAGEMENT

 

By Yusuf Olatunji 

As parts of its continued efforts at institutionizing best waste management practices in the state which will forestall outbreak on diseases  especially cholera, the Ogun State Waste Management Authority,OGWAMA says it will collaborate with all religious camps in Gateway the state.

The Special Adviser to the Governor Ogun State Waste Management Authority OGWAMA,Hon Abayomi Semako Hunye stated this when he lead the management team of the Authority on a visit to the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG Camp along the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway to inspect the waste management facilities of the camp.                    

Hunye said since the camp and many others  across the state host thousands of people who are either residents or visitors,there is the need for OGWAMA to collaborate with them ,so as to get their waste management practice right as any lapse can lead to serious outbreak especially water borne diseases such as cholera which will spread quickly to residents of the state who daily, weekly and  monthly visit the camp for supplications, businesses or corporate transactions.

"Part of the collaboration will be to expose their environmental health management teams to the best waste management practices which will safeguard the immediate and general environment as well as public health".

"Part of the collaboration will be to expose their environmental health management teams to the best waste management practices which will safeguard the immediate and general environment as well as public health".

"Our experts will be visiting them periodically to organize trainings, workshops and inspect their dumpsite  and other facilities especially that of  medical waste with the sole aim of instituting global best standards in their operations,so that their camps will not only be clean but safe and healthy for human visitation and habitation "Hunye added.

He therefore called on various camp grounds across the state to cooperate with the Ogun State Waste Management Authority officials who will be visiting them to inspect their waste management facilities so that they will get it right going forward and save the state of any outbreak of diseases emanating from improper waste management.

Responding,the National Overseer orf the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Pastor Sunday Akande  said the global church has giving waste management and environmental sector the attentions they deserve as all its facilities are top notch and can be compared to any of its contemporary worldwide.

While praying for good health of all the residents of Ogun state where the camp is situated , Pastor Akande said the church is open to new ideas in waste and environmental management as the world is not static adding that the church will collaborate with OGWAMA in its determination at entrenching proper waste and environmental management in all religious camps  across the state for the well-being of visitors and inhabitants of various camps.