Environmental Laws :Court sentences 10 in Delta.

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The Delta State  waste Management Board in Delta  Central  at the  weekend  arrested  over ten environmental  law defaulters and had them  tried at a mobile  court in Enerehn,Uvwie local government  area, Delta State. 

The  defaulters  were  arrested  after  repeatedly  failing to  obey warnings by the board's taskforce.
After  accepting their  punishment, member representing Delta central in the  Delta State waste management board , Sir Igho Akojotor admonished  them on the  need to  always  obey environmental  laws.
Meanwhile 
As part of activities to mark the world Earth week, the Nigeria environmental society N E S Delta chapter in collaboration with the Delta state waste management board and Uvwie local government authorities at the  weekend  embarked on sensitization, awareness and clean up exercise at the Effrun market.
Speaking after the exercise N E S Delta internal auditor, Javi Eduzuka amongst other things called on Deltans to tap into the huge wealth in plastic wastes recycling.
On his part member representing Delta central in the state waste management board, Igho Akpojotor described the exercise as huge success and reiterated the state government’s commitment towards ensuring a clean Delta.

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