The Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency (AKSEPWMA), Prince Ikim, has suspended several waste evacuation contractors over what he described as negligence in discharging their duties.
The suspension followed the chairman’s routine inspection of sanitation conditions in Uyo on Monday, days after flooding affected several communities in the Akwa Ibom capital.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that many houses were submerged in the flood leading to loss of property and livestock.
The affected contractors tagged by the government of Akwa Ibom State as “resource persons,” were responsible for supervising waste evacuation around Ibom Hall, IBB Way by the Children’s Home, Samlaw hotel, the Nigeria Labour Congress area and the State Secretariat in Uyo.
Mr Ikim said the officers failed to ensure the prompt evacuation of refuse despite receiving regular payments from the state government.
