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Nigeria: NTDC Boss Commends AEPB
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Leadership (Abuja)
29 April 2008
Posted to the web 29 April 2008
Abuja
Director-general of National Tourism Development Corporation, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has commended the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) for keeping Abuja clean, adding that AEPB was a very important key to the NTDC, as tourists can't come to a dirty environment.
He stated this during a courtesy visit to AEPB's office, recently.
The NTDC boss said, "in our society, it is not common for us to appreciate good environment. People are under the wrong impression that environment job is for the drop outs, which is not true".
He advised AEPB to be more forceful in carrying out their duties as that is the only language Nigerians understand.
Runsewe disclosed that the NTDC is ready to support the AEPB, as they have always done adding that the NTDC has provided 300 dustbins and 50 toilets across the city.
He proposed that AEPB and NTDC should do a road show tagged "operation keep Abuja clean for Better Tourist Activities". He noted that hotel business remains one of the strengths of economic development and pleaded with the AEPB to work towards reducing the taxes being paid by hoteliers in Abuja.
Runsewe urged AEPB to ensure that hotel toilets are always clean and in good condition.
"There are mosquitoes in Nigeria because of dirty environments and Nigerians should not cultivate flowers if they cannot maintain them because they act as breeding sites for mosquitoes, reptiles etc, he stated.
He advised AEPB to get AGIS to work with them, adding that they should sub-charge the landlord of any house whose tenant refuses to pay.
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Appreciating the NTDC Boss, the director of Abuja Environmental Protection Board, Engr. Kenneth Okafor, assured Runsewe and FCT residents of his organisation's dedication in removing hawkers, beggars and others from the streets of Abuja to a confined home. He also solicited the support of NTDC to do this effectively.
He said the organisation needs to generate enough funds for the city to be cleaner than it is right now and advised FCT residents to pay their waste bills as this will help them to carry out their duties effectively.
He advised hotels within the city to have cold rooms for their wastes or create an enabling management of their waste internally before contractors assigned to their hotels come to dispose them instead of dropping them outside the hotel and on the streets.
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