31st October, 2017
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan
The Oyo State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Isaac Ishola on Tuesday revealed the arrest of 39 people for violating environmental laws and regulations during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise.
Ishola who monitored the exercise with the Special Adviser to Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Community Relations, Mr. Murisiku Siyanbade and officials of the ministry, warned that the government would not tolerate citizens’ negative disposition to environmental sanitation in the state.
He urged the general public to stop disobedience to the environmental sanitation exercise in the state, adding that whoever disobeyed the observance of the exercise between the stipulated hours would be arraigned before the mobile court for proper sanctions.
Mr. Ishola appealed to residents of the state to continue with their unflinching support towards the efforts of government in improving the public health status through maintenance of good hygiene and environmental sanitation.