‘Indiscriminate refuse disposal’: Kwara Assembly seeks compliance with environmental regulations
‘Indiscriminate refuse disposal’: Kwara Assembly seeks compliance with environmental regulations – The Informant247
The Kwara House of Assembly has called on contractors handling waste management in the state to re-strategise its operations with a view to nipping indiscriminate refuse disposal in the Ilorin metropolis in the bud.
The assembly made the call in its resolution after adopting a matter of general public importance on the indiscriminate dumping of refuse littering various parts of the state capital.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the motion, moved by Owolabi Rasaq (APC-Share-Oke), enjoyed the support of all the lawmakers at the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Danladi.
Owolabi, in his submission, expressed displeasure with what he described as indiscriminate dumping of refuse in several parts of Ilorin.
The lawmaker, who is also the Chairman of the House Committee on Health and Environment, observed that indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the state capital could pose environmental hazard to residents.
He listed major areas where refuse is being deposited indiscriminately within Ilorin metropolis to include: Idiape, Oja-Oba, Gambari, Baboko, and AbdulAzeez Attah road, among others. Other legislators, who contributed during the debate on the matter, advocated for adequate sensitization of residents on the benefits of environmental sanitation exercise.
The speaker, while reading the resolution on the matter advised citizens to imbibe positive environmental sanitation, stressing the need for enforcement of environmental laws in the state to curb the menace.
