Jos trade fair: Plateau suspends monthly sanitation

Simon Lalong, Plateau State Governor

In view of the ongoing 2016 Jos Trade Fair, the Plateau Government says the monthly sanitation exercise will not hold in the state on Saturday.

Mr Abdullahi Abbas, the State Commissioner of Environment and Solid Minerals Development, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Jos that there would also not be a restriction on human and vehicular movements.

Abbas, however, urged the residents of the state to maintain good personal hygiene and clean environment at all times.

He said that this would prevent the thriving of vectors and rodents that transmit diseases to humans in dirty and unkempt environment.

“Rodents like rats that transmit Lassa fever to humans, thrive in dirty environments while vectors like mosquitoes cause malaria.

“The vector, which is also responsible for transmission of cholera, thrives in a dirty and bushy environment.

“So, it is important that we all strive to maintain good community and personal hygiene.

“Personal hygiene is the most effective way of tackling diseases,’’ the commissioner said.

The commissioner also cautioned people against bush burning with the onset of the dry season and the harmattan winds, to avoid the loss of lives and property that occur in the past.

“The Harmattan is here and because most grasses and scrubs are now dry, people might be tempted to set them on fire and with the winds; such fires can spread beyond control.

“Bush burning is also detrimental to the ozone layer because it contributes to the emission of green gases which deplete the ozone layer,” Abbas said.

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