June, 2019 Monthly Sanitation Exercise: RIWAMA Warns Against Flouting Of Restriction Of Movement Order
As the Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) gets set for this month Sanitation Exercise holding tomorrow, Saturday, June 29, 2019 across the 23 Local Government Areas of the State, the Agency has said that only people on essential duty with duly signed exemption permit by the Sole Administrator of RIWAMA will be allowed movement.
The Sole Administrator of RIWAMA, Bro. Felix Obuah, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam said anybody who flouted the restriction of human and vehicular movement order will be arrested and prosecuted before the Special Sanitation Court.
The Sole Administrator also warned against converting the Sanitation Hours of 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. into street trading and street footballing.
Bro. Obuah further warned that anybody who fails to comply with these directives will also be arrested and prosecuted.
While urging all Rivers people to participate in the sanitation exercise, the RIWAMA boss reiterated the abounding benefits of a clean and healthy environment to the people and the State in general.
He advised residents and all those doing business in the State to maintain good sanitary habit by always cleaning their surroundings and dumping wastes at RIWAMA approved receptacles; and at the approved dumping hours.
Bro. Obuah also enjoined them to support Governor Nyesom Wike’s vision of a clean and safe environment.