The Kaduna state government says it spends N211 million monthly on refuse evacuation across the three metropolitan cities in the state.
Husseini Ibrahim, the state commissioner for environment and natural resources, disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with NAN.
This amounts to N2.532 billion annually of the N237.52 billion 2021 budget signed by Nasir el-Rufai, the state governor, in December.
According to Ibrahim, Kaduna hosts the third-largest city in the country and generates huge refuse owing to the rising population.
He said heaps of refuse were being evacuated…