Akwa Ibom State has emerged the cleanest state in Nigeria, under the five-year project review circus, tagged: “STONE Pro-Max 2023,” with a cumulative score of 72 percent.
National Coordinator/Secretary, National Technical Study Group on Clean Up Nigeria, Ene Baba Owoh, revealed this.
Prince Owoh, who presented the award on Tuesday in Uyo, congratulated the Government and people of Akwa Ibom State for emerging the cleanest state in Nigeria.
He said: “Akwa Ibom State will be conferred with the STONE 2023 Pro-Max 2018-2023 cleanest State in Nigeria Green Crystal Award.
“It is therefore our privilege to proudly invite the Chairman of Akwa Ibom State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency, Prince Ikim, to come forward to receive the cleanest state in Nigeria Pro-max Green Crystal Awards certification in all the five performance indicators and the STONE Pro-max (2018-2023) five-time cleanest state in Nigeria, Green Crystal Award.”
Owoh also announced Ebonyi State and the Federal Capital Territory to have closely followed Akwa Ibom State in second and third positions with 50 percent and 47 percent scores respectively.
He urged all stakeholders to engage in peer review mechanisms by making time to visit both best performing States/Cities and the backward States/Cities to gain more insights into what the top States did to improve on their performance ratings.
He used the occasion to encourage Nigerians to make that positive difference through actions in the interest of the environment; as global citizens.
“We salute Akwa Ibom State, the Pro-Max 2023 Cleanest state in Nigeria. Remember a Clean Nigeria is possible,” he said.
In his remarks, the Akwa Ibom Commissioner for the Environment, Uno Etim Uno, commended Clean Up Nigeria Initiative for the recognition and recommended that a strong message be passed to sensitise Nigerians to stay off practices that could negatively impact them.
Uno said: “Again, we appreciate Clean Up Nigeria for finding us worthy of the award of the cleanest state in Nigeria for the last five years running.
“We do not take the award for granted.
“It is a call to do more.”
The Commissioner pledged readiness of the state government to continue to work to ensure a safe and secure environment through an institutional framework that would support a safe environment.
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Uno also pledged the government’s commitment to proper waste management, end to gas flaring and other practices that threaten the serenity of the environment.