Friday, June 20, 2025 - The Anambra State Government has directed residents and occupants of dilapidated buildings to repaint their structures.
In a press statement released on Thursday, June 19, the
state Commissioner for Environment, Dr Felix Odimegwu said such dilapidated
buildings with washed out paint deface the environment.
Odimegwu said repainting of buildings with particular
emphasis in Onitsha, Awka, Nkpor, Nnewi and Ekwuluobia areas, respectively,
will commence with immediate effect with the aim of achieving a clean,
beautiful and eco-friendly environment. He added that regulators will be
embarking on field operations to enforce compliance beginning from July 1.
Odimegwu stated that the exercise is aimed at strengthening
the existing building structures, improving the aesthetic ambience, and the
green space of the state as enshrined in the Anambra State Environmental
Management, Protection and Administration Law 2024, Part 4 sec 79 (1-7).
The statement in part reads
“Notice is
hereby given to all residents and occupants of buildings which are in public
view areas of the state with particular emphasis on Onitsha, Awka, Nkpor,
Nnewil and Ekwuluobia respectively, that general house hold inspection on
dilapidated and unpainted structures defacing the environment shall commence
with immediate effect.
This
exercise is aimed at strengthening the existing building structures, improving
the aesthetic ambience, and the green space of the state as enshrined in the
Anambra State Environmental Management, Protection and Administration Law 2024,
Part 4 sec 79 (1-7).
Hence,
residents are enjoined to fully maintain, repaint (if necessary) their
residential and commercial premises which are in public view (anyaora) areas.”
Odimegwu added that the Anambra State Environmental
Management Protection and Administration Law 2024 provides the legal framework
for beautification and aesthetic face-lifting of the state.
“Regulators
will be embarking on field operations starting from July 1, 2025, for this
particular purpose. Therefore, concerned individuals and corporate
organisations within the purview as stated above are required to repaint their
houses/buildings, especially those that have not been repainted in the last 10
years or buildings whose current paint is defacing the environment.
“A clean,
beautiful and eco-friendly Anambra is possible if we join hands together to
improve her aesthetic ambience,” the statement added.
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