Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Saturday monitored the commencement of clearing of wastes and desilting of drainage systems in the Onitsha area of the state.
The governor, who arrived the area at about 11:32 am monitored the exercise from the Obiano Park, Upper Iweka areas of Onitsha South, through Fegge, Ochanja market, and Ochanja roundabout.
According to him, the exercise will last till Monday.
After flagging off the exercise, Soludo said that he would oversee the three-day waste evacuation and drainage cleaning in the four communities of Onitsha North and South, Ogbaru and Idemili North local government areas.
There were excavators removing wastes from the drainages and dumping places in the communities, loading same in trucks which took them to dump sites already provided by the state government.
Workers and residents of the areas were also seen clearing and helping to ensure that the wastes which had become an eyesore were removed.
They expressed happiness at the governor’s initiative towards enthroning a clean and healthy environment.
Environmental health officers, officials of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra Brigade, major stakeholders in the areas, including the Member representing Onitsha North Constituency two, Mr Edward Ibuzor, were present at the sanitation exercise.
Soludo would still visit other parts of the four local government areas involved to ensure that work was going on as planned.
Meanwhile, some people who tried to defy the order of the lockdown by opening their shops, were ordered to close their shops in obedience of the 7am to 6pm restriction exercise.
