Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has expressed displeasure over the poor state of environmental sanitation in the local government areas of the state.
Akpabio, who bared his mind during a meeting with chairmen of the 31 local government areas in the state, directed the Executive Chairman of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area to stop motorcycle mechanics and block moulders from working on the covered drains as dirts from repairs or moulding could deface their aesthetic value.
He mandated the Sure-P Committee in the state to employ 150 persons and post them to each local government area to handle environmental sanitation of the areas.
The governor directed the chairmen to forward to his office the list of development projects to be undertaken by them this year, comprising those that have been executed and completed and those that are to be executed to enable him visit and commission or to attend ground-breaking ceremonies where necessary.
Akpabio pledged to hold a meeting with them regularly to enable them to sit and iron out their differences and problems, with a view to finding lasting solutions to such in the overall interest of stable polity and development.
He also vowed to assist the councils to overcome some of their teething problems, especially finance, and to direct the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice to send a legal amendment to the state House of Assembly to allow them access the one per cent Agricultural Funds now in a fixed deposit.
The state Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Nse Ntuen, lamented the financial difficulty in local government councils for the past six months, resulting in some councils not paying salaries and others entitlements to staff and political office holders.
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