Hisham Habib
9 July 2009
Kano — All is set for the take off of the multi-billion naira Kano state solid waste management project tagged 'Kano go clean" jointly undertaken by the federal government, state government and a company Goodness International Resources. A delegation comprising parties to the the project, who met with Governor Ibrahim Shekarau disclosed this in Kano.
The project which entails an integrated approach to management of waste in the state has sundry economic and environmental benefits including; improved environmental hygiene, job creation pollution reduction, compost production, energy generation and technology transfer. A director in the Federal Ministry of Environment, Mr Dada, said seven cities in Nigeria have been selected for the pilot waste management with Kano city as the model explaining that the federal government expects the investors to invest not less than ten billion naira in the project in view of its size. The governor who lamented over the filth in the city assured that his administration would do its best in making the project a success.
Chairman of Goodness International, Alhaji Murtala Yar adua, who said the project was signed last year and that fertilizer is a product likely to evolve from the project adding that by September work would commence urging Kano people to cooperate.
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