Monday 24 October 2016

Flooding in Lagos: NOA charges residents on proper disposal of Pure Water Sachets





Mr. Ishola in the middle
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has again enjoined Lagosians to behave responsively by properly disposing pure water sachet after drinking the water inside it.

 Mr. Waheed Ishola,the Lagos Director of the NOA, stressed the point an interaction with newsmen in Lagos.

Ishola explained that pure water sachets and other nylon materials which are non-degradable are the major causes of flooding by blocking drainages.

He lamented that despite grass root sensitization exercises by the agency and other related organisations, people still found it difficult to stop disposing refuse indiscriminately.

He also called on the need to start holding commercial water producers accountable for the environmental disasters caused by the materials they used in packaging the products.




Story by Innocent Onoh

LOKOJA—The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has disclosed that 53 persons lost their lives in eleven states across Nigeria due to the 2015 flood disaster. NOA also revealed that 100,420 persons were displaced between August and September this year as a result of the flood disaster.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/53-dead-100000-displaced-in-2015-flood-says-noa-boss-omeri/



LOKOJA—The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has disclosed that 53 persons lost their lives in eleven states across Nigeria due to the 2015 flood disaster. NOA also revealed that 100,420 persons were displaced between August and September this year as a result of the flood disaster.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/53-dead-100000-displaced-in-2015-flood-says-noa-boss-omeri/


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