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By Edwin Philip, Lafia

The Nasarawa State Government has intensified environmental sanitation monitoring across the state as the peak of the rainy season sets in, in a bid to prevent flooding.

The government also disclosed that no fewer than 126 people were arrested during the July monthly environmental sanitation exercise for violating the state’s sanitation laws.

The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Margaret Elayo, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Saturday in Lafia after the sanitation exercise.