ASWAMA Hands Street Sweepers Over to Awka South Council

By Praise Chinecherem

Board of Anambra State Waste Management Authority (ASWAMA) has officially handed over the administration of Awka South daily sweepers to Awka South Local Government Area.

The ceremony which held at the Council Headquarters, had in attendance ASWAMA board members led by the board Chairman, Prof. Emma Ezenwaji and principal staff of Awka South Local Government led by the Mayor, Prince Chinedu Okafor.

Speaking during the handover meeting, the ASWAMA Board Chairman, Professor Emma Ezenwanji stated that the move was in line with the vision of the Professor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration in building a clean, green, livable, sustainable and prosperous homeland.

“The decision to hand over administration of Awka South daily sweepers to Awka South Local Government Area is in line with the desire of Mr Governor Soludo to ensure a clean, green and livable State Capital and also to encourage productivity and accountability on the part of the sweepers,” he said.

Ezenwanji urged the sweepers to cooperate and support the Mayor to succeed on the new job and assured of continuous support from the board to enable Prince Okafor to achieve the overall goal of a clean state capital.

Also speaking, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Anambra State Waste Management Authority (ASWAMA), Mr. Ozoemena Mike assured of his continuous commitment to work with the council to succeed with the new task.

He emphasized that the goal is to ensure a closer supervision to attain greater commitment and ensure that the desire of Governor Soludo to have a clean city is actualized.

Awka South Council Boss, Prince Chinedu Okafor appreciated the Board for their commitment in line with the solution mantra to keep Anambra clean and also ensure peaceful transition of the sweepers administration to the local government.

He promised to build upon the vision of the Governor to make Awka the cleanest capital in Nigeria and pledged to ensure the overall welfare of the sweepers to promote their dedication and commitment to duty

Official handing over of the sweepers register by the ASWAMA Board to the Mayor of Awka South LGA and group photograph climaxed the ceremony.