The Chairman of the Taraba State Environmental and Sanitation Agency, Illiya Kefas, on Tuesday said the decision to reduce the monthly allowance of members of the Operation Keep Taraba Clean programme, popularly known as street sweepers, from N15,000 to N10,000 was an internal administrative measure and not a directive from Governor Agbu Kefas. According to…
By Frank Ulom Ekondo Microfinance Bank and ToiletPride have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth N35 million to support Sanitation Financing Programme for Toilet Business Owners (TBOs) in Cross River State. The agreement was signed last week Wednesday during a stakeholders’ meeting on Accelerating Sanitation Coverage in Cross River State held at Hogis Hotel,…
By Our Reporter Cross River State Government has arraigned no fewer than 60 residents over various environmental offences, including violating laws guiding the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. The defaulters were arraigned on Saturday, May 30, 2026, arraigned before the Environmental Sanitation Mobile Court in Calabar. The offenders were apprehended by the monitoring team of the…
The Lagos State Government has provided further clarification on the modalities for the reintroduced monthly environmental sanitation exercise, ahead of its resumption on Saturday. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said this in a statement on Wednesday following the symbolic flag-off of the exercise along the Mushin-Agege Motor Road corridor on March…
From stream-side memories as a child in rural Benue to leading Africa’s water reform efforts, Professor Joseph Utsev embodies a generation of visionary technocrats. 1) Early life and Background Utsev was born on December 2, 1980, in Mbaakura, Mbagen, Buruku LGA of Benue State. Joseph grew up in a humble farming community where clean water…
On World Toilet Day, Nguvu Change Leader John Ogunsemore has drawn attention to the urgent need for safe sanitation facilities in Itun Agan, a 100-year-old riverine community in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, Lagos. Ogunsemore also launched an online petition urging Valentine Buraimoh, the Chairman of Amuwo Odofin LGA, to address the dire sanitation crisis. …
Dapo Abiodun Suspends All Market Levies Except Development And Sanitation The Ogun state governor has suspended all levies paid in all markets of Ogun state except for development and sanitation levies. He has also gotten the committment of transport unions not to increase transportation fares without reason. This will help to reduce the prices of…
