The Edo State House of Assembly yesterday expressed concern over the menace of indiscriminate dumping of refuse on major roads and drainages in the state which it said is a precursor to cholera.
The Deputy Speaker, Maria Oligbi-Edeko raised the concern under matters of public importance and noted that the indiscriminate dumping of refuse on roads and drains constituted health hazard.
The motion was co-sponsored by the deputy speaker and 10 other lawmakers.
Oligbi-Edeko said that the waste was emitting “offensive odour, constituting eyesore and reducing the aesthetic value of towns and cities in the state” noting that “The dumping of refuse and other waste materials was obstructing free flow of flood and causing flooding and gully erosion in the state.
According to her, dumping of refuse on major roads and markets constitutes health hazard especially with the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country.
The deputy speaker therefore called called on the local government chairmen to build refuse dump sites and set up monitoring teams to prevent the menace especially at night called on health officers in the state to carry out sensitisation of the people on the importance of proper waste disposal and keeping the environment clean.
The speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, thereafter directed the clerk of the house, Yahaya Omogbai to forward clean copies of the resolution to relevant authorities for immediate action.
