Oyo government has directed owners of kiosks erected illegally along the roadsides in Ibadan, the state capital, to vacate the areas within seven days or face sanctions.
Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, the commissioner for environment and natural resources, gave the directive on Tuesday during an inspection tour of the Ojoo area in Ibadan.
The commissioner said the structures are causing unwarranted obstruction of road traffic.
He said their operations are contrary to the state’s environmental sanitation regulation of 2013, adding that they constituted environmental nuisance.
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Mogbonjubola said their business activities could be relocated to more suitable places in neighbourhood markets.
“This will checkmate road accidents and avoid loss of lives and property,” he said.
In May 2023, the state government launched a mobile application to track the collection and management of waste in the state.
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Uloma Airhienbuwa, chief strategy officer of Mottainai Recycling, said the software application would allow users to initiate waste pickup requests, create a convenient pickup schedule, and easily make payment of bills.
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