Students of Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna, AKUM, have joined the global community to mark World Environmental Health Day with a campus-wide sanitation exercise.
The exercise, coordinated by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, involved students of Environmental Health Science and residents of the university hostels.
Speaking during the exercise, the Dean of Student Affairs, Malam Mubarak Yahya, said environmental cleanliness was essential to maintaining good health and improving the quality of life.
He urged students to take personal responsibility for keeping their surroundings clean and avoid indiscriminate waste disposal.
Malam Mubarak said the university was committed to maintaining an eco-friendly campus through proper waste management, tree planting and other sustainability initiatives.
He commended the Vice Chancellor, Professor Mohammed Aliyu Paiko, for supporting programmes aimed at promoting a climate-friendly university environment.
The exercise was supervised by officials of the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs and security personnel, with staff and other members of the university community also participating.
The activity provided Environmental Health Science students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge practically while contributing to a cleaner and healthier campus.
Participants called for the sustenance of the initiative, stressing that environmental cleanliness should be a daily responsibility rather than an activity reserved for special occasions.
Highlight of the exercise was cleaning up hostel surroundings, evacuation of waste and sensitised members of the university community on the importance of proper sanitation and waste disposal.
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