Sada Ibrahim,
Director -General of Zamfara Environmental Health Sanitation said that
the state will soon set up its incinerating plant for the conversion of
waste to wealth.
Mr. Ibrahim noted
that the government had already built a ‘‘waste transfer loading
centre’’ in Gusau, where waste products will be separated for
recycling. According to him, Zamfara generates 5,000 tonnes of waste
daily, which will be converted into fertiliser, plastics and other
products for domestic uses.
According to him,
the state government had procured four additional trucks for the
evacuation of refuse to the site. This project, he noted is aimed at
industrialising the state and creating employment opportunities for
unemployed youth. He revealed that it will help improve the revenue
base of the state and check the spread of diseases such as typhoid,
malaria and cholera.
