Ogun seeks better waste disposal in Redemption Camp, others

The Ogun State government has expressed the need to pay particular attention to the handling of waste at religious camps to avoid either an outbreak or the spread of diseases.

It noted that given the huge number of people are religious camps, it had become imperative to pay attention to the handling of waste in the interest of public health.

According to a statement on Sunday, the Chairman of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority, Abayomi Hunye, stated this when he led the management team of the agency on an inspection tour of the Redemption City of the Redeemed Christian Church of God along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Hunye said there was a need for the RCCG Camp to collaborate with OGWAMA to ensure proper waste handling.

Hunye said, “Part of the collaboration will be to expose the environmental health management teams of these camps to the best waste management practices which will safeguard the immediate and general environment as well as public health.

“Our experts will be visiting them periodically to organise training, workshops and inspect their dumpsite  and other facilities, especially that of  medical waste with the sole aim of instituting global best standards in their operations, so that their camps will not only be clean but also safe and healthy for human visitation and habitation.”

Hunye, therefore, called on various campgrounds across the state to cooperate with OGWAMA officials who will be visiting them to inspect their waste management facilities so that they will get it right going forward and save the state any outbreak of diseases emanating from improper waste management.

Responding, the National Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Sunday Akande,  said the church had given the waste management and environmental sector the attention it deserve as all its facilities were top-notch and comparable to any of its contemporary worldwide.

He, however, said the church would collaborate with OGWAMA in its mandate to standadise waste management in all religious camps across the state for the well-being of everyone.