The Abia State Government has reverted back to 7 am – 10am time for its monthly sanitation exercise every last Saturday of the month.
Governor Alex Otti gave the directive Monday, after a meeting with the Head, Task Force on Emergency Clean-up of Aba and Umuahia, Mr. Ogbonnia Okereke, who had earlier briefed him on the successes recorded so far in the three-week-old assignment given to him.
The decision to bring forward the sanitation exercise was informed by the need to bring a larger number of the populace to participate in cleaning their environment early enough before they leave home for the day’s activities.
He commended the task force for the wonderful work it had done within the short period of time it was constituted and urged the team to engage landlords in both Aba and Umuahia; market leaders and all such organised groups for support in realising the objectives for which the task force was set up.
Governor Otti also directed the task force to expedite action on its plan to engage private sector participants (PSPs) in the cleaning exercise, in order to conclude the assignment in good time and restore the two cities to an acceptable hygienic condition.
Eight years ago at its inception, the administration of Okezie Ikpeazu had, as an Adventist, changed the exercise to be between 9 am and 11 am.
