By Emmanuel Ikpe
The village head of Anua Offot, Uyo Local Government Area, Chief Linus Inyang had commended effort of the Anua Offot Market Management Committee for working tirelessly to provide convenience to market women and visitors to the market alike.
Chief Linus Inyang gave the commendation while cutting the tape to open the newly built public convenience for use at the weekend, while expressing confidence in the market management team for doing everything possible to uplift the standard of living of people in the market, expressed the determination to continue to attend to the plight of those selling at the market square.
The Village Head has also commended the Community Development Service Team of the Nigeria Youth Service Corp, NYSC for choosing Anua Offot Market to carryout their practical assignment by cleaning the market, which he described it as lovely.
Speaking, the President of Environmental Protection Service Group of the NYSC, Afasare Precious, said they were at the market to sensitized the traders on waste management and control in order to keep health of the market environment high and this has been demonstrated with the general cleaning of the market square.
The President of Disaster Management Team of the NYSC, Akinwumi Ayomide said they came under the supervision of National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, and the Environmental Sanitation CDS Group, to sensitized the market women on proper waste management and flood control, and was pleased that the women hearken to the exercise.
“We came to tell the market women that if the don’t disposed their waste properly, it would lead to blockage of drainage and flooding and we don’t wished anyone to experience flood no matter how little it maybe”, she stated.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Anua Offot Market Management Committee, Mr Ransom Unung has appreciated the NYSC, NEMA and her team for choosing the market as their place of practical assignment and for NEMA for the orientation given to the market women on waste management and flood control while describing the exercise as very important and a necessity, he laud the market women for keying into the development. Unung appreciated the village head for giving him opportunity to served in that capacity, to interpret his dream and vision to the market women, promised to double up his efforts in his services to his people and his government.
Speaking earlier, Yellow-Duke Offiong, a Disaster Rok Officer of NEMA reiterated the agency continuous commitment to work with the NYSC and relevant government agencies to carryout awareness campaign on proper waste management and flood control and it effects on environment and human live