Otume,
That’s ‘hello’ in Degema language
of Rivers State, Nigeria. Hope you had a fantastic Easter. I had some
fun-relaxed and equally did some personal tasks. Welcome to the last week in
March 2016. Time flies so fast. The first quarter of 2016 is gradually coming
to an end; all thanks to God for the power to attain heights so far this year and
also for good health.
There was once a need for
fumigation because of rats in a particular household. When everything was
finally set for the fumigation to take place; the resident of the apartment
called the man who was to do the fumigation and asked him, ‘I hope that we would have no incident of rat destroying our property
after this exercise.’ The man who would do the fumigation smiled and
replied, ‘Sir, this exercise will kill
all the rats inside but does not stop other rats from intruding. What you have
to do is to improve on your sanitation of the apartment.’ Let’s discuss
fumigation and sanitation.
Fumigation is the time when you
do a holistic overhaul of your environment to get rid of rodents and pests that
are harmful to residents of a particular apartment. Fumigation usually demands
for a little space from the resident so that the offensive odour of the
chemicals used can diffuse before their return. Let’s narrow, it down a bit,
fumigation can also be a review of one’s work and tasks at work. There are
times when past atrocities are unveiled after thorough investigation. It can
also be a time when one decides to change some nasty habits that would later in
life after one’s health negatively.
Sanitation is a continuous effort
at ensuring that the environment is always clean. It must be noted that rodents
and pests thrive in dirty environments. If one painfully cleans the environment
at all times, there would be limited outbreak of diseases for example Lassa
fever, cholera, diarrhoea and dysentery. If this would be narrowed down a
little also, there is a need to always ensure that your little space from the
school to the office; from the church to the car is always kept clean. This will
impact positively on the damage that one suffers when one is careless or
carefree about the environment.
Let’s wind it up today; we have a
choice to keep sanitizing our environment than always waiting for the next
fumigation exercise that does not guarantee total freedom from the rodents and
pests. It is much cheaper to keep a good sanitation habit than to keep
expending money on fumigation.
I will prefer to maintain high
sanitation standard rather than to be a customer to the fumigation expert.
Enjoy your week
xoxoxo
Olutayo
