Association seeks AEPB support to address quackery

According to the chairman, some people parade themselves as officials of AEPB offering to carry out fumigation and pest control services for individual and corporate entities at ridiculous prices. “We crave the indulgence of the board’s leadership to look into this for healthy partnership with the association,” he said. Gbadebo while on a courtesy visit […]

According to the chairman, some people parade themselves as officials of AEPB offering to carry out fumigation and pest control services for individual and corporate entities at ridiculous prices.
“We crave the indulgence of the board’s leadership to look into this for healthy partnership with the association,” he said.
Gbadebo while on a courtesy visit with members of the association to AEPB, yesterday in Abuja, noted that members of his association used to be harassed by members of the public health department of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, insisting on regulating them and their business activities on fumigation and pest control.
He added that the association would collaborate with the office of the FCT minister on Roll- back Malaria programme and other similar health issues by offering free fumigation of drainages in about four designated areas of Abuja.
The Director of AEPB, Aisha Adebayo, commended the association on the work done so far, especially in the area of generation of revenue.
“Our revenue generation in that area has also improved and hotels are also making sure that their environment is properly sanitised,” she said
Speaking on the issue of quackery, she lamented that people don’t know the right chemical to buy or the quantity to use for fumigation.
“I charge the department of environmental health and safety to go out and make sure they remove quacks from the business and let us ensure that the people that do this work are registered and professionals that can deliver the services needed in that area,” she said.
The association used the opportunity to present an award of excellence to Mrs. Aisha Adebayo and Mr. Uche Agbanusi, HOD Pest Control, AEPB, saying the association has been able to achieve so much under the excellent leadership of the board.
The Environmental Preservation Development and Restoration International Organisation is a legal entity duly incorporated with the ultimate aim of ensuring environmental sustainability and it works in partnership with AEPB