Shops to close from 6 am to 1 pm today

The Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, who gave the directive, stressed that all state and private institutions, security agencies, metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs), and communities must participate actively in the two-day exercise as a matter of priority.today and tomorrow to allow all citizens to fully participate in the two-day national flood aftermath clean-up exercise declared by the President.

The minister further stated that on Saturday, all communities, security agencies, waste management companies, with support from the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs), would continue the exercise that would see the desilting of gutters, clearing of debris and the clearing of stagnant water.