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The Nigerian Army on
Saturday defied the early morning downpour and deployed his officers and men in
Mushin, a Lagos mainland industrial hub and a congested residential area with
inadequate sanitation and low-quality housing, for a clean-up exercise.
The General Officer
Commanding (GOC), 81 Division, Maj.-Gen. Peter Dauke, and the 9 Brigade
Commander, Brig.-Gen. Elias Attu, led the soldiers in a massive sanitation
exercise in the streets of Mushin.
The soldiers were seen
clearing the refuse dumps and the drains blocked by bottles of water, nylons
and waste.
According to Dauke, the
environmental sanitation is part of the activities lined up to commemorate the
2017 Nigerian Army Day Celebrations.
He expressed the hope that
the exercise would further boost the Army-Public relations.
“Sanitation is one of the
activities lined up for this years’ Army Day celebration which will be followed
by a medical outreach.
“Sanitation is the civic
responsibility of everyone and we feel part of our corporate social
responsibilities is to interface with the public and the government in this
vicinity.
“This is why we are contributing
our quota by interfacing with other security agencies to keep this vicinity
clean,” he told newsmen.
The GOC appealed to
residents of Mushin to maintain a clean and healthy environment, saying
“cleanliness is next to Godliness”.
“Everyone should ensure
that they do everything possible to make their environment clean.”
“Our environment must be
clean for us to live healthily,” he said.
Traders and food sellers
as well as residents, who came out for the exercise, expressed gratitude to the
Army for their intervention.
They noted that the
soldiers defied the rain to carry out the exercise.
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