Benue Govt begins strict enforcement of sanitation laws

Benue Govt begins strict enforcement of sanitation laws

Benue State government has vowed to to begin strict enforcement of sanitation laws on serial defaulters in the state.

The was disclosed on Tuesday by the General Manager, Benue State Environmental Sanitation Agency, BENSESA, Jennifer Nashima at the agency’s Headquarters in Makurdi.

She said the agency would be enforcing environmental sanitation laws with a view to effecting behavioural change from the public.

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“We are going to go down hard on the offenders, people who have deliberately refused to adhere to sanitation laws in the state.

“We will be employing and using all what it takes to ensure that people comply,” she said.

Nashima said there was no functional truck for service delivery when she took over as the GM of the Agency.

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“On resumption of my appointment as General Manager of BENSESA, I met a dead system. What I mean by dead, I mean we had moribund trucks that have been broken down for a number of years, some eight years, some five years, some two years, some months, but there was no functional truck for service delivery as at the time I took over as the GM.”

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She added that the agency had already embarked on sensitization and inspection of premises to ensure that people comply with environmental sanitation laws in the state.

Benue Govt begins strict enforcement of sanitation laws

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