By Uzoma Oduigwe
Apparently disturbed by the near total blockade of the linking drains in and around the Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State which has caused the flooding of some areas and homes within the local government, the local government’s chief sanitation officer Sanitarian Ajanaku Kolawole Sarafa took the bull by the horns and led his men to clear the blocked drains recently.
Sanitarian Ajanaku, an Assistant Director and Head of Department (HOD) Environmental Health Services at the Agege Local Government and a no nonsense advocate of cleanliness in reading the riot act, led his staff to the affected gutters and areas around the Ijaiye Housing Estate which was mainly affected to clear the drains.
He warned the residents and visitors alike to the local government that the state and local governments respectively will not take it easy with defaulters who continue to dump refuse in the drains thereby blocking the drains and inhibiting free flow of rain water after each rain fall.
He said everyone has a role to play to ensure a safe, clean environment that ensures a healthy living for all in tandem with the Gov. Akinwumi Ambode government’s plans to make and continue to retain the mega city status of Lagos State among the committee of states in Nigeria.
Sanitarian Ajanaku Kolawole Sarafa, a 2018 nominee for the prestigious LAGOS CITY NEWS awards for excellence called on all to take active parts and interest in the cleanliness of their immediate and extended environments.
