People say it is the responsibility of the residents to keep the environment clean and tidy while others think it is the government's responsibility. Discuss both views and give your opinion with examples.

Many people agree that it is the duty of tenants to keep their surroundings neat and habitable, while others believe that caring for the

environment

is the

government

’s

responsibility

. In my opinion, Keeping the

environment

clean is very crucial. People generally ought always to be involved in the sanitation of their surroundings, irrespective of

who’s

of which person?

whose

responsibility

it is.

To begin

with, the

environment

plays a significant role when health is involved. Tenants who are health conscious should take the initiative to keep their

environment

clean. Most especially, people who have children that are prone to environmental diseases. Indeed, children are the most affected group in terms of sicknesses caused by lack of proper sanitation of the

environment

. The more reason why it should be the

responsibility

of residents to cater to their

environment

to prevent themselves and their families from detrimental health issues. In South Africa,

for instance

, residents of the Nelson Mandela estate are now in charge of their

environment

, keeping it clean and tidy. No little wonder the estate is the most habitable in the country.

Similarly

, the

government

has a huge

responsibility

in terms of keeping the

environment

clean. Because, people pay a lot of tax to the

government

, it is expected that the

government

should be responsible for the

environment

.

Moreover

, people cannot be blamed for depending on the

government

for a clean

environment

. If people are committed to paying tax, shouldn’t the

government

be fully committed to the

environment

? If the

government

wants to avoid increase in environmental pollution, shouldn’t the duty of cleaning the

environment

be kept solely in their hands?

For example

, Lagos, a metropolitan city in Nigeria already has an environmental agency, LAWMA, fully funded by

tax which

Accept comma addition

tax, which

is responsible for keeping the

environment

neat and tidy. To conclude, sanitation of the

environment

can not

can not

cannot

be overemphasized and it is everyone’s

responsibility

. Each person has a role to play in keeping it habitable.

This

would go a long way in creating a sustainable dwelling place.