Monthly sanitation: Anambra govt to establish mobile courts to try defaulters

Anambra State government is set to establish a mobile court to try environmental sanitation exercise defauters.

This is as part of measures to ensure total compliance to the end of the month sanitation exercise by motorists and pedestrians, Tribune Online gathered.

The Director, Environmental Health Pollution Control, Anambra State Ministry of Environment, Mrs Edith Ikeh, disclosed this in Awka during an inspection exercise to ascertain the level of compliance to this month sanitation exercise by residents.

In an interview during the monitoring exercise, Mrs Ikeh said that the state is making every plan to get the mobile court into operation to ensure that everyone gets involved in the monthly sanitation exercise while defaulters will be instantly tried and fined.

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Mrs Ikeh during the monitoring exercise also urged the citizens to prioritise their health by keying into the “Dobe Anambra Ocha” initiative.

Baring their minds, some residents who were seen clearing their surroundings at different locations, to avoid being arrested, including Mr Uchenna Edwin, Maureen Basil and Mrs Ngozi Ezenwanne, advised the government to adopt stricter measures to bring defaulters to justice.

They called on other residents to abide by the environmental laws guiding the state noting that a clean and healthy environment is very instrumental for a healthy living.