Kano scraps REMASAB, releases N15m for seedlings production

The Kano State Government has scrapped the state’s Refuse Management and Sanitation Board (REMASAB). It was gathered that this followed the signing of the revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the state government and a private firm, Capegate Investment Company Limited, on integrated municipal solid waste and air quality management. According to the state’s Commissioner […]

The Kano State Government has scrapped the state’s Refuse Management and Sanitation Board (REMASAB).

It was gathered that this followed the signing of the revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the state government and a private firm, Capegate Investment Company Limited, on integrated municipal solid waste and air quality management.

According to the state’s Commissioner of Information, Mohammed Garba, the measure was part of efforts towards resolving the municipal solid waste predicament, which had been one of the major challenges bedeviling megacities globally.

He said the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement with Capegate was aimed at sustainable municipal waste management in 11 selected local government areas of Dala, Fagge, Gwale, Kano Municipal, Nassarawa, Tarauni, Kumbotso, Ungogo, Dawakin Tofa, Dawakin Kudu and Gezawa.

Garba said pursuant to the decision, the scrapped board had been reduced to a sanitation department under the ministry of environment, transfer of pests and vector control activities/facilities to the new department as well as the redeployment of director sanitation to the ministry.

The commissioner also announced approval for the release of N15 million for the production of one million seedlings for the year 2021 planting season.