Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has threatened to seal up any business in the state with refuse littered all over its premises.
The governor, in a statement on Thursday, while inspecting on going projects in the state said if business areas are not littered, the state will be cleaner.
Wike, who warned that the threat is not a mere one stated that the current administration has the political will to implement it.
He explained that such order in the long run, will result in a change of behaviour and increase the attention members of the public pay to issues of sanitation.
“Those at Aba Road axis of the Rumuola area will be the first victims. Thereafter, others will follow, so that people will know that government is very serious.
“So, all those who litter refuse, and operate motor parks will have themselves to blame. This is not the time people will tell you that the economy is hard. If the economy is hard, does it mean that you’ll sell your goods and litter the places with the refuse.
“Why do you have to litter the area, thinking that government will come and clean them up for you. No, nobody will do that any longer,” the governor said.
