AEPB presents ‘AEPB Digest’ for sensitisation

The Acting Director of the Board, Mrs. Aisha Adebayo made this known at the presentation of the monthly publication of the board, AEPB Digest. AEPB Digest is a newsletter that contains write ups on the activities of the board and other vital information that will help sensitize the residents. “It is part of a concerted […]

The Acting Director of the Board, Mrs. Aisha Adebayo made this known at the presentation of the monthly publication of the board, AEPB Digest.
AEPB Digest is a newsletter that contains write ups on the activities of the board and other vital information that will help sensitize the residents.
“It is part of a concerted effort in reaching out to the public in our quest for environmental sustainability in the FCT, we want to carry the residents along; we want the public to be properly informed so that together we can collaborate in ensuring a sustainable environment,” she said.
She buttressed the role of information in ensuring a sustainable environment, which she described as a key in the transformation agenda of the president.  
 “Information is the key, it is a veritable tool in target group mobilization for attitudinal change, community buy-in, and participation, which are useful in sustainable development in line with global best practices,” she said.
The newsletter, she said, will be freely accessible to the residents through various designated distribution channels in order to keep them abreast of the agency’s effort and sustain public education geared towards attitudinal change on environmental responsibility and stewardship.
She said the hotline of the agency included in the newsletter and the neighbourhood sanitation forum presents a potent means of getting feedback from the resident about the activities of the agency.
The director who bemoaned the attitudes of resident to environmental issues, called for an attitudinal change. She said: “The challenge we have now is residents’ attitude to environmental practices. The thought that it is only government that can do it but we are saying that we cannot be everywhere every time, the residents also have their own responsibility in ensuring that their immediate environment is clean.”
She said there would soon be a turnaround in waste collection in the city with the planned acquisition of a waste transfer station by the agency.
“It has been really challenging, especially during rainy season trying to collect waste and taking it to the dumpsite. We believe that with the mercy of God and the support of the administration we will be able to have one waste transfer station ready next year and we can be able to start sorting, that will be a big mile stone in this administration,” she said.
She added that the agency would also ensure that residents are more sensitised about the payment of bills in order to improve the revenue generation of the agency.
She, however, cautioned residents against bush burning as Christmas approaches. “I know there will be a lot of eating and drinking which could lead to huge waste generation this season, so residents should bag their wastes properly and put it in the waste receptacle, our contractors will be on ground to make sure that waste is evacuated,” she said.