ACReSAL partners NGO to inculcate proper waste disposal in Yobe
ACReSAL partners NGO to inculcate proper waste disposal in Yobe
The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) and The Global Peace Development (GPD), an NGO, have gone into a partnership to promote proper waste disposal in Yobe.
Mr Ebruke Esike, GPD Executive Director, made this known at a two-day workshop on waste management for ACReSAL Site Management Committees (SMCs) in Damaturu on Friday.
He said the training would build the capacities of SMCs to monitor project implementation, ensure compliance with technical designs and promote proper waste disposal to prevent gully erosion and flood.
According to him, poor waste management leads to environmental degradation, which in turn can cause waterborne diseases and loss of livelihoods.
“By disposing of waste properly, we will reduce flooding, minimise gully erosion, and improve community resilience.
“Waste can also be turned into resources such as fertiliser and biogas, creating economic opportunities,” Esike said.
He said the training drew 50 participants from SMCs in Buni Yadi and Damaturu, adding that the beneficiaries were expected to step-down knowledge acquired at the training to members of their communities.
The executive director listed expected outcomes of the training to include cleaner surroundings, reduced flooding, fewer waterborne diseases, and enhanced capacity of SMCs to plan, implement and monitor waste management.
In his remarks, Alhaji Mohammed Shehu, the state ACReSAL Project Coordinator, noted that tackling land degradation and impacts of climate change were parts of the project’s mandate.
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Shehu, represented by Mr Usman Inuwa, the Project’s Social Livelihood Officer, said the state government had awarded contracts for the control of gully erosion in Buni Yadi and Damaturu.
He said that sensitization of the general public on waste management in the areas was ongoing.
One of the participants, Jidda Mustapha, commended the organisers, saying the workshop had enlightened them on the dangers of dumping waste in drainage channels.
“I will take this message back to my community to stop waste dumping in drains, which causes flooding and erosion,” Mustapha said.
