Erosion Ruins Over 200 Graves In Kano

Kano – Dr. Ali Makoda, the Kano State
Commissioner of Environment, says
erosion destroy more than 200 graves
at Tudun Murtala grave yard in
Nasarawa Local Government Area of the
state.
The commissioner announced this on
Saturday when he visited the Tarauni
Grave yard in Tarauni Local Government
as part of the state’s monthly sanitation
exercise.
“Immediately when we received the
news, we took an urgent action to
ensure that such disaster did not
continue.
“Presently we embark on the renovation
of many grave yards across the state,
especially those at the areas where they
are facing the challenges of erosion,’’ he
said.
He commended a community
development association of the
sanitation team at the grave for their
efforts at keeping the grave yard clean.
The commissioner pledged to continue
to give them all necessary support,
especially with the working material to
encourage them.
He called on other volunteer groups to
also embark on such self-help work with
the aim to move the state forward and
ensure that all grave yards remained
clean.
Makoda commended the public for
complying with the sanitation order,
calling on them to continue to support
the government to keep the state clean.
The leader of the Tarauni Youth
Initiative, Malam Salisu Adamu,
appealed to the state government to
assist them with all the necessary
working materials that could assist them
to carry out their duties effectively.
“We are also appealing to the
government to come to the aide of some
volunteers who are always at the grave
yard to dig graves.
“Before, each of the workers was paid
N3,000 monthly, but for over two years
now, they have not been paid at all’’,
Adamu said.(NAN)