Commissioner for Environment Issues Stern Warning to Environmental Offenders
The Kwara State Government has reiterated its warning to individuals and organisations that flout environmental regulations, stating that anyone caught violating the rules will face severe consequences, as reported by Punch.
The Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Buge, issued the warning during the monthly environmental exercise held across the state on Saturday.
Hajia Buge emphasized that the state government is committed to maintaining a clean and healthy environment, and will not tolerate any practices that compromise the well-being of its citizens.
The commissioner in a statement by the ministry's Press Secretary, Kamaldeen Aliagan, said, “It was really sad that almost 150 sanitation offenders were apprehended by the Task Force Team, who went round to monitor the exercise and have been charged to mobile courts sitting at various locations across the state.”
Buge said despite sensitisation and advocacy campaigns on both print and electronic media as well as other social media platforms, violators still dared the law by coming out during the exercise, especially the commercial Okada and tricycle riders as well as marketwomen who were going about selling their wares illegally during the sanitation hours.
“We often start media advocacy and sensitisation from Monday that precedes the sanitation day, and also engage media houses and different social media platforms to disseminate information on sanitation, till Saturday morning, before the commencement of the exercise. Yet, some people went about their business in violation of the law.
“This is unacceptable. Violators will therefore be dealt with, within the ambit of the law,” she reaffirmed.
The commissioner however expressed happiness about the fact that the exercise was “successful and will continue to improve until we achieve full compliance from residents.”
Buge reassured the public that the present administration would not relent in its efforts to sustain a clean and hygienic environment for the Kwara residents.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa AbdulRahman Saad Solomon Edoja M.Y. Abdulrahaman Wahab Egbewole SWAN Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla Kpotum Mohammed Baba AbdulRazaq Jiddah Mohammed Lawal Bagega Universal Basic Education Commission Local Government Pension Board Kazeem Gbolagade Edret Sabi Abel Post Utme Nurudeen Mohammed Kwara Consultative Forum Sa\'adu Salau Oloruntoyosi Thomas GANZY Saudat Abdulbaqi Abdulfatai Baakini Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade Valsolar Consultoria Haruna Olawale Sulaiman Monthly Sanitation Exercise Owu Fall Abdullahi Samari Split Diamond Interchange Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem Kuliyan Geri Salman Jawondo Abdulrasaq Alaro Ashiru High Court Special Agro-Industrial Hub Monthly Sanitation Christopher Tunji Ayeni V.O. Abioye Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon Sulyman Atolagbe Alege Mamman Saba Jibril IYA YUSUF Yunus Lawal Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund Binta Abubakar-Mora Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed S.O. Opowoye Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh Abioye Bello Saliu Alamoyo Rotimi Oyedepo Owo Isowo T And K FOODS Saraki Yoonus Lawal Olawuyi Hamid Bobboyi Onilupeju Of Ilupeju ITEM 7 Abdulrazaq Magaji Idi-Ape AbdulQowiy Olododo Mustapha Akanbi Jide Ashonibare ENetSuD Abdulquowiyu Olododo Kwara State Football Association Trader Moni Sam Okaula Gbajabiamila AIT Ilorin Muhammad Yahya Olam Food Ingredients Olaosebikan

