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| Aba as captured by CKN Nigeria camera few days ago |
The Deputy General Manager of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) in charge of Aba and Environs, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has asked the former governor of the state, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu to bury his head in shame, describing him as a failed and desperate politician that lacks the moral high grounds for criticism especially regarding waste management in Aba because, according to him, Kalu failed to deal with the same problem.
Ikpeazu in a statement issued yesterday, stressed that the problem of waste in Aba was worst during Kalu reign in the state, and he called on Abians not to take Kalu and whatever he represents serious.
The ASEPA boss was reacting to recent publication and comments by Kalu and his allies, alleging failure of the state government in addressing the waste challenges in Aba.
His words: "It is not news that since the liberation of Abia State from adulatory and repression by Governor T.A Orji, Abians have seen the light, and we now know better how we were held down by Orji Kalu. Unanimously we rejected Orji Uzo Kalu and whatever he represents. Therefore it is not a surprise to us that Kalu, considering his political pariah status, will engage in all kinds of blackmail, falsehood and half-truth to seek attention in his desperation to return to power. Too bad for him, Abians have taken a position against him.
"It is unfortunate that a man who impoverished and enslaved the entire state, reduced Abia to a family business is now talking about thing he failed to do when he held sway. Ordinarily Kalu should not be given attention, but for the sake of those who are not familiar with the state, where Kalu left it, and what the current administration has done to rebuild the state, it is necessary to react to some of the baseless and unfounded publications by Kalu and his men, to set the record straight.
"There is no gainsaying that Kalu presided over the meltdown of Abia. The environmental and waste management of the state, Aba in particular, collapsed under the very watch of Orji Kalu, and he did nothing about it. Heaps of refuse which Orji Kalu couldn't evacuate was part of burdens this present government inherited and we have attacked it head-on, the result is what ASEPA is doing today in Aba, which is appreciated by well meaning and right thinking persons.
"Kalu cannot approach the moral high grounds of criticism especially regarding waste management in Aba because he failed to deal with the same problem. It was infact worst during his tenure. It is therefore foolhardy for failed and rejected politicians like Kalu to resort to making mountains out of molehills. Orji Kalu and his co-travelers should bury their heads in shame. It is in their best interest to do so because Abians are wiser now. They lost the opportunity they had to make Abia work; instead, they chose to enrich themselves at the expense of the entire state. I urge Abians not to take those who have nothing to offer serious."
Explaining what ASEPA has done in Aba, Ikpeazu said; "Since about year that I resumed as Deputy General Manager of ASEPA in charge of Aba and Environs, Aba has never been what it used to be under Kalu in terms of waste management, residents of Aba can testify to this, we have been able to interpret the vision of Governor T.A Orji, who has remained resolute in ensuring that Abia does not return to the locust years of Kalu. For the first time in the history of Abia State, there is a data about waste generation per capita. Secondly, there is a waste management policy in place.
"Today, we have a template for waste collection and disposal in Aba. We may not be where we ought to be by now, but we are certainly not where Kalu left us, we have moved further and have achieved a lot. We have done 60 per cent of what is needed for waste management in Aba. Refuse collection in Aba is done within the hours of 5pm to 10pm everyday when the people are expected to bring out their waste and dump them at the various ASEPA receptacles and garbage compactors provided and kept at strategic locations within Aba. After collection, we commence immediate evacuation of the receptacles or buckets to the final dump sites at Ihie along Port Harcourt Express Way, and we do the evacuation till 2am. In the morning we do what we call mopping up of the city with our garbage compactors and tippers sometimes with ASEPA evacuators."
Buttressing the challenges of ASEPA in Aba, he said: "Three weeks ago, we had challenges owing to the breakdown of some of the trucks, as we took them in for repairs, we went on air to inform our people in Aba about our challenges and the resultant effect of that was the delay in the evacuation of our receptacles from the streets within the period.
"But we have arrested the situation. The trucks are back to work, and the evacuation of refuse has returned to what it used to be, except in some areas, like Port Harcourt road, where the roads are too bad that trucks can't go to evacuate the refuse. However, with the effort of the state committee for intervention on federal roads, the refuse along Port Harcourt is been evacuated."
He added that; "Let remind those they have commissioned to go about taking pictures of refuse dumps or receptacles that at no time will you visit a refuse dump or receptacles and expect not to see refuse. In our case, during the day, when our bucket minders must mopped up whatever that is remained after evacuation, the receptacles is kept and covered waiting for 5pm when it will be reopen for refuse collection.
"Kalu's co-travelers need to be reminded that the flagship of the Kalu administration on waste management was to urge Aba residents to bring out waste to the major streets. This policy is strange and lacks logical basis. This is exactly what we are battling to correct. Very soon in Abia State, Aba in particular, a waste recycling plant will be established, then domestic waste will be sorted from various household, collected at the point of generation and arranged in enclosed compactors to the recycling plant. In preparation for this dawn, sanitation clubs in schools are now preaching the gospel of waste sorting." Ikpeazu said
Ikpeazu in a statement issued yesterday, stressed that the problem of waste in Aba was worst during Kalu reign in the state, and he called on Abians not to take Kalu and whatever he represents serious.
The ASEPA boss was reacting to recent publication and comments by Kalu and his allies, alleging failure of the state government in addressing the waste challenges in Aba.
His words: "It is not news that since the liberation of Abia State from adulatory and repression by Governor T.A Orji, Abians have seen the light, and we now know better how we were held down by Orji Kalu. Unanimously we rejected Orji Uzo Kalu and whatever he represents. Therefore it is not a surprise to us that Kalu, considering his political pariah status, will engage in all kinds of blackmail, falsehood and half-truth to seek attention in his desperation to return to power. Too bad for him, Abians have taken a position against him.
"It is unfortunate that a man who impoverished and enslaved the entire state, reduced Abia to a family business is now talking about thing he failed to do when he held sway. Ordinarily Kalu should not be given attention, but for the sake of those who are not familiar with the state, where Kalu left it, and what the current administration has done to rebuild the state, it is necessary to react to some of the baseless and unfounded publications by Kalu and his men, to set the record straight.
"There is no gainsaying that Kalu presided over the meltdown of Abia. The environmental and waste management of the state, Aba in particular, collapsed under the very watch of Orji Kalu, and he did nothing about it. Heaps of refuse which Orji Kalu couldn't evacuate was part of burdens this present government inherited and we have attacked it head-on, the result is what ASEPA is doing today in Aba, which is appreciated by well meaning and right thinking persons.
"Kalu cannot approach the moral high grounds of criticism especially regarding waste management in Aba because he failed to deal with the same problem. It was infact worst during his tenure. It is therefore foolhardy for failed and rejected politicians like Kalu to resort to making mountains out of molehills. Orji Kalu and his co-travelers should bury their heads in shame. It is in their best interest to do so because Abians are wiser now. They lost the opportunity they had to make Abia work; instead, they chose to enrich themselves at the expense of the entire state. I urge Abians not to take those who have nothing to offer serious."
Explaining what ASEPA has done in Aba, Ikpeazu said; "Since about year that I resumed as Deputy General Manager of ASEPA in charge of Aba and Environs, Aba has never been what it used to be under Kalu in terms of waste management, residents of Aba can testify to this, we have been able to interpret the vision of Governor T.A Orji, who has remained resolute in ensuring that Abia does not return to the locust years of Kalu. For the first time in the history of Abia State, there is a data about waste generation per capita. Secondly, there is a waste management policy in place.
"Today, we have a template for waste collection and disposal in Aba. We may not be where we ought to be by now, but we are certainly not where Kalu left us, we have moved further and have achieved a lot. We have done 60 per cent of what is needed for waste management in Aba. Refuse collection in Aba is done within the hours of 5pm to 10pm everyday when the people are expected to bring out their waste and dump them at the various ASEPA receptacles and garbage compactors provided and kept at strategic locations within Aba. After collection, we commence immediate evacuation of the receptacles or buckets to the final dump sites at Ihie along Port Harcourt Express Way, and we do the evacuation till 2am. In the morning we do what we call mopping up of the city with our garbage compactors and tippers sometimes with ASEPA evacuators."
Buttressing the challenges of ASEPA in Aba, he said: "Three weeks ago, we had challenges owing to the breakdown of some of the trucks, as we took them in for repairs, we went on air to inform our people in Aba about our challenges and the resultant effect of that was the delay in the evacuation of our receptacles from the streets within the period.
"But we have arrested the situation. The trucks are back to work, and the evacuation of refuse has returned to what it used to be, except in some areas, like Port Harcourt road, where the roads are too bad that trucks can't go to evacuate the refuse. However, with the effort of the state committee for intervention on federal roads, the refuse along Port Harcourt is been evacuated."
He added that; "Let remind those they have commissioned to go about taking pictures of refuse dumps or receptacles that at no time will you visit a refuse dump or receptacles and expect not to see refuse. In our case, during the day, when our bucket minders must mopped up whatever that is remained after evacuation, the receptacles is kept and covered waiting for 5pm when it will be reopen for refuse collection.
"Kalu's co-travelers need to be reminded that the flagship of the Kalu administration on waste management was to urge Aba residents to bring out waste to the major streets. This policy is strange and lacks logical basis. This is exactly what we are battling to correct. Very soon in Abia State, Aba in particular, a waste recycling plant will be established, then domestic waste will be sorted from various household, collected at the point of generation and arranged in enclosed compactors to the recycling plant. In preparation for this dawn, sanitation clubs in schools are now preaching the gospel of waste sorting." Ikpeazu said
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Mr commissioner, it appears you are blinded by the lust of political partisanship that you can realize that your current pay master is worst thing to have happened to leadership in the world. Leave him now before you are swept away by the imminent revolution.
ReplyDeleteMr okezie or whatever they called you. I understand that corruption has eaten into your borne marrow that you cannot accept the truth. Better advice your Govt to go back to the drawing board because for now, Abia State is the dirtiest State across the country.
ReplyDeleteIkpeazu,you are not representing Abians,u r just playing the role of a dog trying to please his master at all costs.It is the current governor that takes the blame for the current situation,not past&above all you are even presently a decision maker in the waste mgt authority so its a big shame on you¬ kalu.I didn't think Ikpeazu knew that this picture would be merged with his assertion thereby rubbishing his statements,good job ckn!
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at your analysis and what you portend to represent. If the incumbent governor TA Orji was intelligent enough and have better advisers like you in refuse accumulation and disposal you wouldn't have been saying on these. Dr Ikpeazu, I don't think you served your Master, the governor very well if not these wouldn't have been allowed to accumulate to the extent his enemy would use it against him. I hope you can realize the impact of chronic refuse as Toxins on the health of people in Aba. You won't be saying all these until a researcher come up with how many people you may have killed from the refuse that littered in every nook and cranny of Aba for the past 8 years. The question is, when you inherited this from Orji Uzor Kalu, after 8 years what solution did you apply to clear the refuse? I think you have only succeeded in exposing your ignorance, arrogance, insensitivity and ineptitude to the present government inaction to the detriment of Abians living in ABA. May God help you if you have a family that will one day be exposed to such stinking and inhuman situation in ABA. Man, Aba is presently the dirtiest city in the World, and this happened during the tenure of T A Orji as governor under your very nose as ASEPA boss. PERIOD. Do you want to hear more about your performance appraisal: -100%. You, T A Orji and Orji Uzor Kalu are the ones who suppose to bury their face in shame.
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