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Representative of NYSC DG, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim flagging off environmental sanitation exercise in Bauchi
By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim on Saturday in Bauchi, flagged off the NYSC Environmental Sanitation Exercise assuring that the Corps will always participate in activities that portrays positivity of the society.
The DG also lauded the Bauchi state government, traditional rulers and other stakeholders for their collaboration with the scheme in ensuring effective environmental sanitation in the state.
Shuaibu Ibrahim who was represented by the Bauchi state Coordinator, Alhaji Namadi Abubakar while giving the theme of the environmental sanitation is ‘Clean Environment/Good Hygiene: Panacea for Good Health and Long Life’, said that the exercise was taking place in all the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The DG said that, “I thank the State Government, traditional rulers, community leaders and other stakeholders for identifying with us in this noble cause”.
He stressed that, “As you are already aware, environmental sanitation has been recognized globally as one of the key requirements for prevention of diseases and their escalation to epidemic proportions”.
According to the NYSC DG, “On this premise, efforts must be stepped up to enlighten the general public, especially the rural dwellers, on the health risks of poor hygiene with particular focus on the prevention of contamination of food, water and the entire environment.
“To achieve this, every member of the community will be mobilised for participation in the exercise, which will feature sensitization, disease surveillance and report of outbreaks. Indeed, the call to action will promote cooperation and reduce indifference and ignorance,” he said.
According to him, as environmental protection and sanitation had become inseparable for a stable, healthy and sustainable ecosystem, the scheme would educate the public on decontamination of foods.
Shuaibu Ibrahim added that the public would also be enlightened on disinfection of the environment such as the living rooms, toilets, public spaces, handling of toxic materials and tree planting to support a healthy ecosystem, among others.
In his remarks, the Director General of Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) Dr Ibrahim Kabir lauded the NYSC for organizing the environmental sanitation exercise and promised that the agency would continue to support and partner NYSC whenever the need arises.
Also, Deputy Director, NYSC Directorates, Headquarters and Monitoring Officer, Mrs Esther Kadiri said that she would be visiting all the 20 local government areas of the state to monitor the exercise as being conducted by the corps members in the state.
