The Ekiti Government said on Tuesday that it has expended over one billion naira (N1 billion) on ecological projects between October, 2015 and February, 2016
The State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Bisi Kolawole, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti, that seven of the projects have been completed, while three were ongoing.
He said that the projects executed include dredging of stream channels, construction of access culverts and reconstruction of failed culverts.
Kolawole, who frowned at the careless attitude of the citizens to their environment, appealed to them to compliment the efforts of the state government at ensuring a clean environment.
“The attitude of our people to their environment is not encouraging because there are so many culverts that were blocked with waste and filth thrown inside them by the people.
“I want to appeal to our people that they should complement the efforts of the state government by ensuring that they clear their drains at least once or twice a month.
“If our people can inculcate that attitude of cleanliness, the state will be clean and government will have less work to do.
“We can as well use the money spent on clearing the drains and culverts on other infrastructure that are beneficial to the people,” he said.
Kolawole listed the completed projects in the past five months to include: earth dredging of stream channels in Ado-Ekiti-Basiri-Ofin, Odo-Ayo (Bawa estate).
Others are: NTA/Orubuloye/Omisanjana/Christ’s Girls school to Dallimore, Emirin/Poly road, while dredging of stream channels were also carried out in Ilawe-Ekiti, in Ekiti South west local government area of the state.
The commissioner also said that construction of access culverts were carried out at different spots in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti, Otun-Ekiti, Ikere-Ekiti, while failed culverts were also repaired.
He, however, listed the three ongoing projects to include erosion control works at Erio-Ekiti, in Ekiti West Local Government Area, earth dredging in Ado-Ekiti.
He also listed de-silting of blocked drains and culverts in some parts of Ado-Ekiti and Ifaki-Ekiti, in Ido/Osi local government area of the state as part of the ongoing project.