Local govt stresses importance of fumigation

The chairman of Mushin Local Government Area Hon OLatunde Adepitan has stressed the need for regular fumigation of premises to avoid harmful pests.He stated this during the flag-off ceremony of Operation Fumigate Your Premises recently. According to Adepitan, one of the ways to keep and maintain a healthy lifestyle is for the citizens to ensure that their environments are clean and habitable at all times. Several health-enhancing measures have been undertaken since the inception of the administration and the health of the people seems not to be improving. In the light of this, we concluded that regular fumigation of premises will eliminate mosquitoes, cockroaches, bedbugs and others which are the primary causes of malaria, typhoid, dysentery, cholera among others.

Speaking further , he said in the past, Environmental health officers from the local government move from house to house to inspect food and water being consumed by the citizens. This effort assisted the citizens in no small measure to ensure that they live healthy life.

“As a responsible government, we have engaged the services of retired environmental health personnel who have undergone various trainings at home and abroad during their active service years to assist Mushin Local Government in ensuring that households are fumigated with environment-friendly chemicals.

By this inauguration, business premises, commercial centers and residential buildings are expected to be fumigated at a minimal fees.

The flag off ceremony had in attendance, market leaders,Community Development Associations, Corporate organizations, Landlords, security agencies, youth leaders and others.

According to Mrs Iyabo Oladaiye, the Environmental Health Officer, Mushin Local Government, people breed mosquito unknowingly by allowing stagnant waters in their neighborhood, untrimmed flowers can also cause breeding of Mosquito..Residents were therefore advised to prevent actions that can encourage the spread of Mosquitoes.When we failed to care for our environment, coach roaches , Bedbugs, Rats breed without any control.This is very dangerous to human beings.

Residents were warmed to desist from dumping refuse in the drains while efforts would be made to fumigate the drains

Two firms,Michayoshow and Herbex Agro Nigeria Ltd were engaged to go to all the nooks and crannies of Mushin Local Government area to get the houses, business and commercial centers

 

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