The Onitsha unit coordinator of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra ( Ocha Brigade), Mr Ejike Odife has charged his men to maintain discipline and discharge their duties diligently without fear or favour.
Mr Odife who is coordinating Borromeo Roundabout, Upper Iweka axis, Niger Bridge Head, Ogbaru Local Government and Owerri Road gave the charge during the weekly parades of the agency in Onitsha.
Speaking shortly after the parade, Mr Odife said that he was impressed by the parade and performance of the men in his unit, describing Ocha Brigade as a paramilitary agency which needed high level of discipline.
He noted that as agency in charge of clamp down on defaulters of environmental law, that it is pertinent for the field staff to be well updated on the dos and don’ts involved in their duties, adding that they were dealing with human beings not animals.
He said: ” The essence of the parade is to lecture and educate our staff on how to handle human beings as well as inculcate discipline in them. So, we choose to have our parade usually every Monday sit-at-home to enable all our men to participate. We lecture them on the dos and don’ts involved in the agency because without lecture, some of them would misbehave.
“But once they are trained and keep abreast of their duties, they would perform well as well as serve the public better.”
The coordinator further hinted that apart from discipline, dos and don’ts in the agency, parade also enhanced physical fitness and provide body exercise which he said improved mental and healthy being of his men.
He praised his staff for their high level of professionalism in their duties, attributing it to lectures they receive before moving into the field.
“At least, they will be able to understand that defaulters are human beings like them not animals. So far I must commend them and I will award them eighty percent in their performance.
“Although there may be bad eggs in every profession, in Ocha brigade, when we spot bad eggs, we warn them, but if they don’t repent, we dismiss them, “he added.
Mr Odife used the opportunity to appreciate the state Governor, Prof Charles Soludo in his recent birthday, praying God to grant him long life and good health, just as he explained that Prof Soludo within two years in office had performed more than any other Governor across the country.
He equally eulogized the State Director of Ocha Brigade, Chief Celestine Anere who he described as a great man and no nonsense fellow, disclosing that since he took over mantle of leadership, he had transformed the agency by introducing new innovations.
He also added that Chief Anere through his dynamic leadership attracted vehicles for the agency which he said made their work easy, praying God to bless Chief Anere and grant him long life and good health.
