Governor Aminu Tambuwal
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of
Sokoto State on Saturday announced cash reward amounting to N2.3 million to the
three cleanest communities at the end of a special sanitation exercise.
Tambuwal was speaking at inauguration of the
Special Sanitation Day to be observed for the next four Saturdays.
The ceremony was attended by the Sultan of
Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, Speaker,
State House of Assembly, Alhaji Sakihu Maidajii and other dignitaries.
He said that the communities to clinch the
first, second and third positions at the end of each exercise would get
N1million, N750, 000 and N500, 000, respectively.
''From today up to the next four weeks, each
Saturday would be observed as a special sanitation day and there will be
restriction of movement between 7.00 am and 10.00 am.
''Subsequently, each first Saturday of the
month would be observed as a sanitation day with similar restriction of
movement,'" Tambuwl, added.
The governor explained that the action was
aimed at ridding Sokoto city, its environs and the state of filth which had
taken over it.
Tambuwal said that the exercise was
re-introduced to restore the lost glory of Sokoto as the cleanest city in
Nigeria and to keep diseases at bay.
''Cleanliness is next to godliness and we must
have a paradigm shift and imbibe the habit of cleanliness and cleanliness is
inseparable from faith,'' the governor said.
Tambuwal appealed to the residents, youth
groups and corporate organisations to complement the efforts of the state
government in this direction.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Environment, Alhaji Garba Sarkin-Judu commended Tambuwal for providing adequate
logistics needed for the exercise.
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