Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has ordered the commencement of a weekly two-hour environmental sanitation exercise every Thursday across the state.
This is contained in a statement signed on Thursday by the State Head Of Service and Chairman of the newly constituted Osun State Environmental Sanitation Taskforce, Mr Samuel Aina.
According to him, “All offices, market operators, shop owners, artisans, malls, stores, business premises owners among others,are with this official directive of the Governor, expected to be physically present during the scheduled time of the compulsory environmental sanitation.
“Law enforcement agents will be made available during the sanitation exercise to compliment the efforts, with a declaration that, they are not to arrest anybody but enforce compliance.
“The essence is to address the menace of indiscriminate dumping of refuse in unauthorized places with a view to stopping infractions of other related environmental regulations aimed at preventing outbreak of diseases as well as ensuring cleanliness of the entire state.
“Finally, the Chairman of the Taskforce enjoins the people of the state to cooperate while the two hour long duration of 8am-10 am exercise lasts in Osun,” he said.
