Stop Sabotaging Government's Environmental Sanitation Efforts


The Kwara State Government has warned the people of the state to stop sabotaging its efforts in  waste management and disposal strategies.

The State Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh, gave this warning while on inspection tour in the Ilorin metropolis to check the level of compliance with  proper refuse disposal procedures.

Buraimoh, who frowned at indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the state capital, wondered why there was low compliance with proper waste disposal procedures  said "despite government's efforts in  placing  rorobins at strategic places to prevent illegal disposals",adding that  people still dump refuse at road sides and other  inapproptiate places"

Buraimoh insisted that "this act must stop. We can't continue dumping refuse indiscriminately, it pollutes the environment and is very dangerous to health. We all need to  compliment government's efforts  in serving the state by obeying the rules guiding  environmental sanitation."
 
She said  that the rorobins should be used for the dumping of wastes, stressing that wastes should not be   disposed in drainages, road sides or road medians.

The commissioner  advised residents of Ilorin metropolis to drop their wastes in waste collection trucks while picking wastes rather than piling the waste on the road  medians when the trucks had left.

In the same vein, the Commissioner implored  the waste contractors to carry out their jobs diligently and ensure  prompt evacuation of refuse with the aim of averting epidemics in the metropolis.

Those in the Commissioner's team included the Director of Personnel, Finance and Supply, Pastor Adeniran Adebara, Director of Environment, Mr Towoju Gabriel and other principal staff of the ministry.

Okanlawon Taiwo
Press Secretary
MOE

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