Kwara State Sanitation Task Force Arrests 400 for Violating Environmental Laws

Date: 2024-09-02

As reported by The Punch, the Kwara State government revealed on Sunday that over 400 residents were arrested, arraigned, and fined for violating the law during Saturday's statewide environmental sanitation exercise.

According to a statement issued by Kamaldeen Aliagan, the Press Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, the offenders were apprehended by the state Environmental Sanitation Task Force and subsequently taken before mobile courts where they were convicted and fined.

The statement further quoted the Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Buge, who led the exercise, as describing it as largely successful.

“The exercise was successful because there is an improvement in the level of compliance. We, therefore, call for more adherence to the environmental laws because it is in the best interest of the people,” Buge said.

She disclosed the arrested environmental offenders were arraigned before 17 mobile courts strategically positioned across the metropolis.

“The good aspect is that none of the offenders can feign ignorance of today's sanitation exercise, as enough sensitisation was carried out by the ministry on radio, newspapers and online. It is obvious they willfully flouted the laws and so they were made to face the full wrath of law, to serve as a deterrent to others,” she added.

The commissioner stressed that the monthly environmental sanitation was “in line with the state Environmental Sanitation law in Section 29 (2) CAP E4 of 2006, which stipulates that the hours of sanitation is from 7 o'clock to 10 o'clock in the morning.”

She stressed that the move was necessary to ensure the total eradication of indiscriminate dumping of refuse and forestall the outbreak of diseases.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Gurei     Ganmo     April 11     Oke-Ode     Bayo Lawal     Gamji Members Association     Umar Ayinla Saro     Park     3MTT     Ayegbeni     Modibbo Kawu     Ajibike Katibi     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Riskat Opakunle     Nigerian Correctional Service     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Buhari     Erubu     Bola Tinubu     Binta Abubakar Mora     Oba Abdulraheem     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Elesie Of Esie     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Funmilayo Mohammed     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     James Kolo     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Balogun Ajikobi     Agbarigidoma     Twitter     Communication Network Support Services     Oba Abdulrahim     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Kubra Kazum     Ubandawaki     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     V.O. Abioye     Playing Host     Tanke     Jimba Babatunde     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Elese Of Igbaja     Mashood Dauda     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Baba Issa     Joseph Bamigboye     Democracy Day     2017 Budget     Tafidan Kaiama     Oro Grammar School     Offa Grammer School     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Diagnostic Centre     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Ayekale     Oluwole Dupe     Ado Bayero     Towoju     Village Alive Development Association     Kwara Consultative Forum     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Pakata     Mutawali     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Magaji Erubu     Abubakar Suleiman     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Ballah     Kale Belgore     Aso-ofi     Sherif Shagaya    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Osinbajo     Sunday Fagbemi     Amosa     Ayinde Oyepitan     Buari Edun     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Towoju     Egbejila     Idris Garba     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Oke-Oyi     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Saba Jibril     Dorcas Afeniforo     Sherif Sagaya     Abdulraheem Olesin     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Ahmed     Manzuma     Offa Poly     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Lai Mohammed     Okala Baba     Gobir Organization Foundation     Oloyede     Abdulfatai Baakini     Dagbalodo     Ahmed Bayero     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Makama Of Ilorin     Gurei     Tosin Saraki     Ilorin Muslim Community     Share     MAI Akande     Kuliyan Geri     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Tunji Oyawoye     Elesie Of Esie     Olokoba     Patigi Regatta     Rebecca Bake     Salihu Ajia     Javed Khan     Oniwasi Agbaye     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     SSUCOEN     Lanwa     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Gbugbu International Market     Salaudeen Oyewale     Oko     Yashikira     08001000100     Bola Sagaya     Yakub Lai Gobir     Ijagbo     Hausa     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Atiku     Samuel Adedoyin     Umar Danladi Shero     Ejidongari     Elekoyangan     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Gbajabiamila     Gani Saadu     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Seed Technologies     George Funsho Adebayo     Bukola Saraki     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     TETFUND     Suleiman Mora Omar