Plateau State Government on Saturday directed traders at the various markets in the state to conduct monthly environmental sanitation on every last Friday of the month.

Mr Sylvanus Dantoe, Commissioner for Environment, gave the directive when he monitored the monthly environmental sanitation in Jos South Local Government of the state.

The commissioner said that many markets in the state were not operating in clean and hygienic environment, and stressed the need for the introduction of the monthly sanitation for traders.

Plateau State Government on Saturday directed traders at the various markets in the state to conduct monthly environmental sanitation on every last Friday of the month.

Mr Sylvanus Dantoe, Commissioner for Environment, gave the directive when he monitored the monthly environmental sanitation in Jos South Local Government of the state.

The commissioner said that many markets in the state were not operating in clean and hygienic environment, and stressed the need for the introduction of the monthly sanitation for traders.

“The traders are to dedicate at least two hours every last Friday of the month as special sanitation days for markets to clean up the environment.

“When you clean your shops and surrounding on Fridays, you are expected to stay at home on the last Saturday of the month to clean your houses and surroundings,” he said.

He said that the ministry in collaboration with Plateau Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA) and local government authorities would ensure strict compliance of the directive.

According to him, the move becomes necessary in view of the outbreak of diseases like Ebola and cholera as a result of dirty environment.

The General Manager, PEPSA, Mr Sunday Davou, said that the monthly sanitation was necessary in order to keep the environment clean.

Davou decried poor turnout for the monthly sanitation, adding that over 200 defaulters were arrested and tried at the mobile court for violating the exercise.

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Plateau Begins Sanitation On Every Last Friday Of The Month