The Ebonyi Government has declared Saturday, July 1, as sanitation day throughout the state to mobilize residents of the state to clean the environment.
This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Victor Chukwu, the state Commissioner for Environment, and made available to journalists on Thursday in Abakaliki.
“Accordingly, all the residents of the state are required to keep their compounds, drainages/gutters and surroundings clean. “Residents of the state are further informed that defaulters will be arrested by security operatives and Ministry of Environment staff and prosecuted under the state Environmental laws,” the statement read.
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