Kano State Begins larvicidal Fumigation Against Mosquitoes
Kano State Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has embarked on larvicidal fumigation against mosquitoes in the metropolis.
Leading the exercise on Tuesday in Kano, the Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Alhaji Nasiru Garo, said that the exercise would bring an end to breeding of mosquitoes and other insects in the metropolitan areas.
The larvicide treatment of breeding habitats helps to reduce adult mosquito population.
It involves direct application of liquid larvicide products, a type of insecticide used to control mosquitoes indoors and outdoors to water, using backpack sprayers and truck or aircraft-mounted sprayers.
Represented by the ministry’s Director, Pollution Control, Alhaji Abba Takai, the commissioner said that the fumigation targets are ponds, refuse collection centres, refuse disposal sites and other stagnant drains in the metropolitan areas.
The commissioner said that “government is passionate about the wellbeing of the teeming populace by way of safeguarding the environment to look habitable and healthy.”
He commended Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf “for identifying with the yearnings and aspirations of the people by providing enabling environment, and for overall development.”
Garo urged the people to reciprocate the gesture through regular sanitation and maintaining clean homes and environment.
The commissioner also urged residents to dump their waste at designated places provided by government, and not to block the drains, especially during the rainy season.
NAN / Foluke Ibitomi
