Kogi govt warns against indiscriminate dumping of refuse

The commissioner stated this at the weekend while inspecting designated refuse dump areas within Lokoja metropolis to ascertained the extent of refuse which has piled up at the designate areas.
He said the government has provided refuse bins at designated areas within Lokoja and its environs for people to dump refuse for easy evacuation but that residents chose not to use them, saying that the development has made refuse evacuation difficult.
He appealed to the residents to cooperate with the government by dumping waste at designated areas adding that it would be forced to apply the environmental law in the state if they failed to change their attitude.
Aremu said that government is already discussing with the private sector to partner with them in order to ensure daily evacuation of refuse, adding that government is in the process of acquiring more trucks for evacuation.