The Ogun State Rural Water Provide and Sanitation Company has launched into a sensitization and consciousness marketing campaign program in a bid to forestall the outbreak of cholera and different water-borne ailments.
PUNCH stories {that a} cholera outbreak within the state about 4 months in the past affected greater than 200 folks and killed as many as 10 folks.
The state Commissioner for Rural Growth, Mrs. Olufemi Ilori-Oduntan, throughout the sensitization program in Surulere neighborhood, Agbo-Afoju, Sabo, Abeokuta North Native Authorities Space, stated that consciousness grew to become crucial to checkmate the perennial problem throughout the dry season . , when water ranges in wells drop, inflicting residents to attract water from unreliable sources.
In response to a press release on Thursday, Ilori-Oduntan was quoted as saying that “good hygiene practices and behavioral change are conditions for a disease-free society. Folks on this neighborhood have to be extra proactive with their hygiene practices as the federal government has declared zero tolerance in the direction of endemic ailments within the state.”
Represented by the Program Supervisor, RUWATSAN, Mr. Sola Ogunbo, the commissioner suggested the folks to repeatedly clear sewers, desist from indiscriminate dumping of waste and make sure that each family has bogs, noting that there There are quite a few situations related to unsanitary practices, together with typhoid fever and dysentery. and so forth.
Reacting, the Chairman, Ilupeju Oke-Odo Neighborhood Growth Council, Dr. Munir Adesola, the company for the programme, stated the marketing campaign would encourage folks to embrace a hygienic life-style, calling on the federal government to make it a steady train and outreach. to different communities within the state.
Highlights of the occasion included the disinfection of chosen water sources within the communities, demonstration of hand washing, the strategy of water purification and therapy, in addition to the distribution of washing supplies to representatives of greater than 50 neighborhood growth associations.
