The Ogun State Waste Management Authority has announced its intention to collaborate with religious camps in the state to prevent cholera and other diseases.
This initiative aims to establish best practices in waste management and prevent disease outbreaks, particularly cholera.
According to The PUNCH, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Ogun State on Waste Management, Abayomi Hunye, disclosed this on Sunday.
Hunye made the statement during a visit to the Redeemed Christian Church of God Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, where he and his team inspected the camp’s waste management facilities.
Hunye emphasized the necessity of collaborating with these camps, which host thousands of residents and visitors, to ensure proper waste management practices are in place.
He noted, “Any lapse could lead to a serious outbreak, especially water-borne diseases such as cholera, which would spread quickly to residents of the state who daily, weekly, and monthly visit the camp for supplications, businesses, or corporate transactions.”
As part of this collaboration, OGWAMA will provide training and workshops to the camps’ environmental health management teams to implement best practices that safeguard both the immediate and general environment, as well as public health.
Hunye further stated, “Our experts will be visiting them periodically to organise training, and workshops and inspect their dumpsite and other facilities especially that of medical waste with the sole aim of instituting global best standards in their operations so that their camps will not only be clean, but safe and healthy for human visitation and habitation.”
He urged various campgrounds to cooperate with OGWAMA officials during inspections to ensure proper waste management and prevent disease outbreaks.
Responding to the initiative, Pastor Sunday Akande, the National Overseer of the RCCG, affirmed that the church prioritizes waste management and environmental health, boasting facilities that meet global standards.
He added, while praying for the health of the state’s residents, that the church remains open to new ideas in waste and environmental management, acknowledging the ever-changing nature of the world.
