KWSG Warns Residents against Dumping Waste in Water Ways, Drainage, Road encroachment

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.... Commends the level of compliance with strategies to curb indiscriminate dumping of waste.

The Kwara State Government has again warned residents against indiscriminate dumping of waste in water ways, drainage channels, and road medians to sustain efforts put in place towards preventing flood and outbreak of diseases in the State.

The Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge, stated this on Monday while inspecting various government designated refuse collection points where "Roro-bins" have been placed for the public to dump their waste.

Hajia Nafisat who addressed the media and Environmental Health Officers, after the tour of relevant locations within the metropolis, noted that, "Kwara State has been rated high among her peers in maintaining clean, neat and tidy environment, so, we must all work assiduously to sustain this rating for the benefit of every member of this State".

The Commissioner also commended the use of the "Roro-bin" points for dumping of refuse rather than the old practice of placing refuse on road medians, and charged the evacuating team to double their efforts at ensuring prompt evacuation to the government approved dump site at Sokoto-Aiyekale on a daily basis. 

Buge further instructed Officers and the Environmental Taskforce team not to hesitate in apprehending offenders and sanctioning them in full compliance with the law. 

She noted that "it is important to desist from dumping refuse in water channels, gutters, drainage channels, and rivers to avert flood as we move actively into the raining season."

At Oja-Oba, the Commissioner frowned at the level of road encroachment and disregard for safety by traders who displayed their wares on the newly constructed parts of the main road.

She pleaded with the traders and advised them to move their wares and utilize their respective shops within the market, because the present administration under the leadership of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq will no longer tolerate encroachment of roads and other infrastructures put in place for public use.

She further called for concerted efforts at sustaining a cleaner, safer, and more aesthetic environment that will promote healthy living in the State.

The Commissioner and her entourage combed the metropolis through Taiwo road, Gerin Alimi, Sawmill area, Airport, Baboko, Oja-Oba and the Old Yidi road and Gegele, to assess compliance, they also inspected relevant government facilities for waste management. 

The team also visited the indigenous Ilorin communities of Adeta, Pakata, Kuntu, Amule,  Alore, and Olufadi areas to check the river channels in order to evaluate the extent of blockage with waste dumped indiscriminately along the channels. 

In the entourage of the Commissioner were the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Environmental Protection, Hon. Muhammad Muazu,  Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Abubakar Ayinla, Director of Environment, Mrs Mary Mustapha, Head of Department, Climate Change,  Environmental Health Officers and the Taskforce monitoring team, amongst others.




Shakirat Muritala,
Press Secretary,
MoE.
0805 498 4077

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