‘Don’t plant tall crops in residential areas’

The Plateau Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA) has warned residents to desist from planting tall crops such as maize in residential areas in the Jos-Bukuru neighbourhood of the state. Mr Christopher Batai, the General Manager of PEPSA, gave the warning in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos.  He said that […]

The Plateau Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA) has warned residents to desist from planting tall crops such as maize in residential areas in the Jos-Bukuru neighbourhood of the state.

Mr Christopher Batai, the General Manager of PEPSA, gave the warning in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos. 

He said that this was because such crops harboured vectors of certain diseases.

He said that the warning became imperative because the agency had found that many residents had started planting crops within the precincts of their homes, following the onset of rains.

 “This is because tall crops serve as breeding sites for vectors such as mosquitoes and rodents, which cause various ailments in humans,’’ he said.