Mr Felix Obuah, the Sole Administrator, Rivers State Waste Management
Agency (RIWAMA) says the agency will continue to arrest and prosecute
offenders who dump refuse indiscriminately in the state.
Obuah made this known in a statement issued to newsmen by his Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Jerry Needam on Wednesday in Port
Harcourt.
He said that the agency would not hesitate to arrest and prosecute more
offenders, especially those who continued to dump wastes at unapproved
receptacles and unauthorised hours.
“The agency will no longer condone the dumping of refuse at places other than
the RIWAMA-approved receptacles and during dumping hours of 6 p.m. to
midnight.
“Those who are living and doing business in the state and its environs have no
excuse to dump refuse indiscriminately as receptacles have been strategically
positioned close to business and residential places,” he said.
He urged residents to stop any form of indiscriminate dumping of refuse to
encourage workers who clear the waste to keep the state clean.
