PS Government House A’Ibom, commends NYSC on environmental sanitation initiative
The Permanent Secretary, Akwa Ibom Government House, Dr Nathaniel Adiakpan, has commended the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, for the NYSC National Environmental Sanitation Exercise initiative.
Adiakpan, who received some Corps members led by the State Coordinator, Mrs Chinyere Ekwe, after the national environmental exercise by the corps members in Uyo yesterday said, the exercise was highly necessary to ensure cleanliness of our environment.
He charged the management of NYSC scheme to ensure the sustenance of the exercise to inculcate environmental discipline and cleaniness on corps members.
“We must commend the sound initiative of the Director General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim for this programme. We hope it will be a continuous exercise. This is a welcome development in our nation,” he said.
The permanent secretary charged corps members serving in the state to embrace and acquaint themselves with the culture of the people and learn the language of their host communities to integrate easily.
Earlier, the state coordinator of NYSC in Akwa Ibom, Mrs Chinyere Ekwe, who read the DG’s address said that with regular sanitation exercise, malaria and other related diseases would be reduced to the barest minimum.
Ibrahim said NYSC would stepped up efforts to enlighten the general public, especially rural dwellers on the health risks of poor hygiene, adding that, environmental sanitation has been recognised globally as the key requirements for prevention of diseases and their escalation to epidemic proportion.
“I am particularly hopeful about the prospect of this exercise because with regular sanitation, malaria and other related diseases will be reduced to the barest minimum.
“We can no longer afford to be indifferent to anything that will be detrimental to public health and safety. Therefore, efforts must be made to save many more lives by empowering the people with adequate information on good grooming and environmental hygiene”, he said.
He said that environmental protection and sanitation have become inseparable for a stable, healthy and sustainable ecosystem and commended the State Governments, traditional rulers, community leaders and other stakeholders for supporting the scheme.
With the theme of the exercise “Clean Environment/Good Hygiene: Panacea for Good Health and Long Life”.
The exercise was done simultaneously across the 31 Local Government council of Akwa Ibom.
