Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has ordered the immediate stoppage of waste disposal on medians, along highways and other unapproved places by residents. Henceforth, he said the permissible system of waste disposal was that residents use refuse collection drums and register with refuse collectors assigned to their areas. Decrying the penchant for indiscriminate waste disposal across the state as disturbing, Makinde said he had directed relevant agencies to ensure strict compliance with environmental sanitation laws. Arguing that indiscriminate refuse disposal was a major cause of flooding, building collapse, and other devastating disasters, he said residents must desist from such “obnoxious act” to prevent disasters. “Government has started evacuating the existing waste along the road medians and other wrong places, and that old ways of dumping refuse along the highways and other unapproved places must stop immediately.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 13, 2019 20:15 UTC