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Kwara Assembly wants stiff sanctions for environmental sanitation offenders


The Kwara State House of Assembly has called for stiff sanctions for offenders of the environmental sanitation law in Ilorin the state capital.

The House urged Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq to direct the state Ministry of Environment to invoke relevant provisions of the state environmental sanitation law and establish mobile courts to sanction offenders and serve as a deterrent to other public members.

The House further urged the governor to direct the Ministries of Health and Communications to embark on massive sensitisation of the public to curb the use of road medians, walkways and roadsides as refuse dumps and its effects on the environment.

This was part of the resolution by the House on a motion on the need to curb the use of road medians and walkways as refuse dumps in Ilorin moved by Owolabi.O.Razsa (Share/Oke-Ode) constituency and seconded by Aliyu Wahab Opakunle (Afon).

Owolabi was concerned, that the road medians, walkways and roadsides in the Ilorin metropolis are occupied on daily basis with heaps of refuse, thereby consistently exposing the city to untidiness and pollution.

He also expressed worry that the current government has expended huge resources on infrastructural and other basic amenities in the state since the assumption of office.

"Therefore, the practice of dumping refuse on road medians, walkways and roadsides if not properly checked could downplay the successes recorded from the frantic efforts being made by the government.

He further noted that the current situation does not project Kwara State in good light, especially with several accolades received by the present administration in all sectors, it would be very vital to tackle the situation headlong.


Source: DAILY POST

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