Adamawa Govt imposes N5,000 fine on stray animals

Girei (Adamawa) – The Adamawa
Government on Sunday expressed concerns
about the continuous presence of stray
animals in Yola and environs.
The Commissioner for Environment, Mrs
Arziki Sawa, made this known during a
sensitisation tour in Girei Local Government
Area of the state.
Sawa said government had imposed N5,
000 fine on owners of any animal found
straying on major streets.
She said the measure was part of
government’s efforts toward enforcing
sanitation laws in the state.
The commissioner said that government
was sending environment officers as part of
its stray animal control policy to put an end
to the problem.
“The state government has directed the
environmental task force to prosecute
residences, who do not keep their
surroundings clean,’’ she said.
She urged residents of the state to join
hands with the ministry to rid the state of
stray animals.
Sawa also urged the local government
chairmen to constitute sanitation
committees in each of the ward to monitor
and supervise the weekly sanitation
exercise in their respective areas.
According to her, the ministry has created
dump sites within and outside the state
capital for easy evacuation of the refuse by
the sanitation officials. (NAN)