Kwara govt announces monthly sanitation exercise, restricts vehicular movement
The Kwara State Government, through the Ministry of Environment, has announced that the monthly sanitation for September would be observed on Saturday, September 28, 2024, between 7:00 am and 10:00 am across the 16 Local Government Areas of the State.
According to a statement by the press secretary of the Ministry, Yakub Kamaldeen Aliagan, the residents are enjoined to participate in the exercise by cleaning their residential and business environments, adding that all residents must clear drainages and bushes around their surroundings for health and safety reasons.
The statement furthered that there would be no vehicular movement across the state within the three-hour duration of the exercise, saying security, monitoring agents, environmental health officers (Wole-wole), Scientific officers and members of the Environmental Task Force would be moving around to monitor and ensure compliance, and sanction offenders, as may be necessary, adding that any attempt to obstruct government officials from carrying out their statutory obligations will be dealt with within the ambit of the law.
The statement concluded that Waste management trucks will be made available for waste collection and subsequent dumping at the government-approved dump site while warning that it is an offence to dump refuse on pedestrian walkways, road dividers, drainages, canals, and all other unapproved dump sites.
