Asaba PSPs Give Kudos To DSWMB For Easing Their Operations

The Association of Waste Managers, otherwise known as Private Sector Participants (PSP), Asaba chapter, has commended the Chairman of the Delta State Waste Management Board, (DSWMB), Hon Matthew Mofe Edema, for giving purposeful direction to the Board 

The Chairman of the Association, Mr. Samson Osuere, gave the commendation in an interview with our reporter in Asaba 

Mr. Osuere noted that the State Capital Territory had maintained a clean look over the past five months due to the resolve of the Board to evacuate waste from the shoulders of strategic roads and streets, as well as median kerbs on a daily basis.

He said the Waste Managers were particularly happy with the Board for the regular maintenance of the Ibusa dumpsite servicing over 40 PSPs, which had made their operations easy, pointing out that access to the dumpsite was difficult before the coming of the Mofe Edema-led Board.

The Association’s Chairman observed that indiscriminate dumping of refuse in Asaba and the environs had reduced significantly following the awareness campaign mounted by the Board, resulting in increased patronage of the PSPs.

Mr. Osuere, however, noted that there were still some recalcitrant residents who had vowed never to key into the PSP model nor pay their monthly waste management bills, disclosing that some residents were owing up to three years bill and had been dragged to the Mobile Courts 

He called for stricter enforcement of the state environmental laws to boost compliance, adding that more aggressive awareness campaigns should be mounted to get more residents to be more environment-friendly and further reduce indiscriminate dumping of refuse and the existence of illegal dumpsites in the Capital City.