Taskforce Seal Residential buildings in Warri over discharge of faeces to public drain

Taskforce Seal Residential buildings in Warri over discharge of faeces to public drain

Following complaint by neighborhoods, team of the Delta State Taskforce on Environment has on Thursday sealed up six residential buildings along Eboh, Odibo extension road in Warri South LGA, of the State over indiscriminate discharge of toilet faeces to natural water canal, thereby causing air pollution that is inimical to human health when inhaled.

It was discovered that most landlords in Etseghan street, off Eboh and Odibo extension road does not have soakaway neither sceptic tanks in their buildings. Rather they channel their toilet, bathroom and kitchen waste pipes directly to the natural water canal thereby polluting the environment.

A tenant who don't want her name to be mentioned narrated that due to the human excretion deposits at the canal, reptiles such as boa and other wild creatures use to terrorize the environment. " l have stopped using my toilet because most times snake normally pass through the pipe from the canal to the house. We  are no longer safe in our home as result of the menace. We have complained to our Landlord to provide soakaway and the project is ongoing," the woman stated.

However, Chairman of the State Taskforce on Environment, Hon. Sylvester Oromoni, has charged Landlords in warri, Uvwie, Udu and other parts of the State to provide soakaway in their homes, stressing that channelling toilet pipes to public drain as well as natural water canals is punishment offense.

" Let's help government to serve you better. What we are doing is to ensure serene habitable environment for all Deltans. Support Gov. Okowa led administration to safeguard our environment so as to attract foreign investors to the State, Oromoni remarked ".

Meanwhile, the state taskforce had issued a fine ranging from fifty thousand naira (N50, 000) and above to each of the various landlords in the area to pay over violating the law. They where further urged to immediately provide soakaway and sceptic tanks in their buildings, so as to be at the safe side of the Delta State Environment Law.