The Baale-elect of Ijagemo in Iba Local Council Area LCDA of Lagos State, Chief Abdul Hakeem Babatunde Balogun, has warned residents of the community to take necessary precaution to prevent an outbreak of cholera in the area.
In a recent notice he sent to the residents, Balogun reminded them that every community should endeavour to prevent cholera in the town while noting that the disease was spreading like wildfire in about 11 states in Nigeria.
Balogun advised residents who had turned open spaces into toilets where they defecate to desist from doing so in the overall interest of the community.
“I appeal to landlords and tenants to put an end to this uncivilised behaviour of throwing faeces in any available space. This is an open invitation to an outbreak of cholera,†Balogun said in the notice he printed and circulated in the community.
He counselled that flies from the faeces thrown into nearby bushes will eventually transfer the human waste into the food residents wanted to eat on their dinning tables.
Balogun also advised Ijagemo residents to maintain high standard of hygiene to ensure a healthy living and complement government’s efforts at preventing the outbreak of the killer scourge.
He urged landlords and residents to keep their environment clean because their good health was of concern to him.
