The Oyo state government on Saturday arrested 40 persons, 50 vehicles and 75 commercial motorcycles for violating environmental sanitation laws of the state.
Abdulateef Oyeleke, the state commissioner for environment and natural resources, who led an enforcement team that went round parts of the state during the monthly sanitation exercise, said the state government was concerned that sanitation laws were no longer respected by some people.
He said: “Today being the last Saturday of the month, people are expected to observe the monthly sanitation exercise by taking care of their surroundings, it is a nationwide exercise whereby each state adopts their own policy.
“Here in Oyo State, the exercise is between the hours of 6:00am and 9:00am and of course, there is restrictions of vehicular as human movement and anyone found on the road not on an essential service would be made to face the law as appropriate sanction would be given for disobeying the law of the land.
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“This is to let the people know that nobody is above the law of the land and people should be made to be a respecter of the law of the land, those apprehended will serve as deterrent to others that might want to do same next time.”
Bashir Olanrewaju, a permanent secretary in the ministry, who was also part of the enforcement team, highlighted the importance of observing environmental laws to prevent outbreak of communicable diseases.
“We have so many communicable diseases, Covid-19 is just one of them, cholera and Lassa fever are still killing people. These diseases are caused by filthy environment; it will also lead to unemployment as no investor would want to invest his business in a filthy environment,” he said.
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