Rivers State Government says it
will strengthen and implement existing legislation on waste management to
maximize its economic potentials to the benefit of Rivers people.
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| Rivers State Deputy Governor, Ipalibo Harry-Banigo (left) in a handshake with Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Furo Green (right), at the event |
To this end, the Government plans to encourage and promote efficient use
of resources through the ongoing initiative to ensure high quality recycling of
‘waste to wealth project.
The State Governor, Chief Ezenwo Nyesom Wike stated this while declaring
opens the 2015 Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian
Medical Association (NMA) Rivers State Branch, in Port Harcourt.
Governor Wike who was represented by his Deputy Dr. Ipalibo Harry Banigo,
expressed appreciation to members of NMA for the sacrifice made towards
building a healthy, safe and prosperous Rivers State.
The Governor said the theme “the impact of waste Management and
Sanitation Practice on the Health of the citizens,” was in tandem with his administration’s
desire to return Port Harcourt to its Garden City status, adding that the
immediate intervention of his Government saved the State from the embarrassing
heap of refuse legacy left in the streets of Port Harcourt by the past
administration.
He decried the indiscriminate attitude of citizens in disposing their
waste into the drains, noting that the resultant effect of such acts is
flooding, erosion, breeding of rectors, massive environmental degradation and
pollution.
“As a government, we are concerned
not only with the human and environmental health of our people but also their
wellbeing and economic prosperity, the issue of effective waste management in
our state requires a collective effort to tackle, as our new direction is to
see the waste being generated as a resource with tremendous economic
opportunities.” He declared.
The State Chief Executive further said his administration would support
the capacity development of Medical Practitioners to deliver healthcare
services to the people of the state.
Chairman of the occasion, and the State Head of Service, Mr. Rufus
Godwin, represented by the former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr.
Weli Ogbonda said the 2015 Annual General Meeting was an event to fine-tune and
appraise the activities of Medical Doctors for the year.
In his address, Dr. Furo Green, Chairman Nigeria Medical Association used
the occasion to appreciate the Governor Wike-Led administration for the quick
resolution of the inherited labour conflict in the Primary Healthcare Sector,
the resolve to renovate and equip some dilapidated general Hospitals and
abandoned roads projects.
Dr. Green noted that the Governor’s effort at cleaning up the state shows
that the health and wellbeing of the people is paramount and urged the Government
to entrench a system that would allow steady growth and evolution of quality in
the pursuit of efficiency and specialization.
According to Dr. Green, Nigerian Medical Association has carried out
several free medical outreaches at the rural communities and prisons.
Highpoint
of the event was a lecture by Mr. Emeka Ezeaku with the theme: “Rethinking of
Waste Management in Rivers State: The role of Public Private Partnership
(PPP).”
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