Borno agency deploys 1000 clean, fumigate bama

Borno agency deploys 1000 clean, fumigate bama

No few that than a thousand persons have been deployed by the Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA) for cleaning and fumigation of major roads and streets in Bama town in order to increase access to the area by the reconstruction workers.

Governor Kashim Shettima, who has spent four days in Bama, following his temporary relocation, ordered the exercises as part of ground preparations for return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) after reconstruction works.

Conducting journalists round different streets in Bama, the Sole Administrator of BOSEPA, Nassir Surundi, said 17 streets have been cleared of giant weeds that grew up since residents fled the town in the wake of attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in September, 2014.

He also noted that the fumigation and other sanitation exercises were being carried out against snakes and other reptiles, which turned residential houses into their homes due to absence of human occupation.

“We hope to clear 17 additional streets by tomorrow (Sunday) and I promise all of you that within the next two weeks, Bama will wear a new look different from the bush and the debris you see around. Without us clearing the roads, workers wouldn’t have access to reconstruction sites while the town will continue to look like a war zone. We are committed to Governor Kashim Shettima’s mission of changing Bama,” Surundi said.

The Sole Administrator recalled that the Borno State Environmental Protection Agency, had, undertaken post conflict fumigation and clearing in Dikwa, Magumeri, Konduga, and some parts of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council. The administrator said his agency is working with security agencies with specialty in clearing mines

Source-NigeriaNewsdesk