…Declares state of emergency in markets, public places
The Oyo State Government has sealed an industrial facility over its incessant violation and noncompliance to environmental regulations.
Abdulmojeed Olawale Mogbojubola, commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, gave the directive for the sealing of the facility, on the heels of several complaints and petitions received on the health hazard incurred by residents around the facility.
Reports revealed that unhealthy fumes, emitting from Fountain Manufacturing Company in Oluyole, Ibadan, has caused great uproar in the area.
The ministry had for years wadded into the matter, for amicable mediation, but the facility owner had invariably failed to either respond or comply with government directives on the matter and the state environmental laws.
Likewise, the ministry sealed Casta De Lounge, a popular lounge along Akala Express, for dumping its waste on the highway median.
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The ministry also revealed that after necessary investigations, the lounge refused to patronize the government assigned waste collectors and is culpable of several environmental offences.
Meanwhile, the Oyo State government has also declared a state of emergency on inappropriate waste disposal, in all markets and public places.
The commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, made this known, during a scheduled meeting with heads of markets across the state in the ministry’s conference room.
He stated that the government had commenced the distribution of skip bins, to major markets in the state, affirming that the waste disposal containers would put an end to the era of indiscriminate refuse dump on road medians and unauthorized places.
Mogbonjubola, who assured that the skip bins would be evenly distributed across all markets and public places, charged the market executives to ensure cleanliness in the markets to avoid preventable cases of market closure.
While narrating the efforts of the ministry at promptly evacuating wastes, which he personally supervised, Mogbonjubola reiterated the commitment of the government to end indiscriminate refuse dumps in all markets and public places.
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