Heaps of waste generated mostly during the Eid-el-Kabir festivities have taken over some sections of public places and major roads in Sokoto metropolis, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
A correspondent of NAN who went round the city on Thursday observed that some of the affected places include the old and new markets, the abattoir and the livestock market.
Others are: Kofar Atiku, Unguwar Rogo, Gobirawa-Rijiya and Kalanbaina, old campus and Kwannawa and others.
It would be recalled that the federal government last week declared August 21 and 22, as public holidays for Nigerians to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir
However, the Secretary of the State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation, Sharhabilu Muhammad said arrangements were on to evacuate the waste from across the state.
Muhammad said that the task force had communicated the development to the State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), the agency that is responsible for using its vehicles to evacuate accumulated waste on routine and periodic bases.
He said that the task force had also directed the managements of markets, shop owners and individuals in the metropolis to immediately clear the refuse in their areas.
According to him, communicating such development to the relevant bodies and individuals is among the measures to ensure prompt clearance of refuse in the state.
Muhammad, however, said, that enforcement and sanctioning of defaulters would commence on August 29.
He advised stakeholders and the general public to accord sanitation a topmost priority by cooperating with the state government to ensure their environments are clean at all times.
