Osun Govt Urged To Tackle Indiscriminate Dumping Of Refuse On Streets
Osun State Government has been urged to tackle the indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the streets of Osogbo, the state capital, which has been causing blockage of drains.
In a Facebook post by the Chairman, Social Economic and Civil Rights Advocacy, Comrade Olowu Emmanuel, Osogbo is steadily descending into one of the dirtiest cities in southern Nigeria.
OSUN DEFENDER reports that Osun was in 2024 ranked as the sixth dirtiest state in Nigeria, according to a report by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and Clean-Up Nigeria.
According to Olowu, the state government is not taking environmental sanitation seriously while calling for urgent reviewing, strengthening and enforcing of environmental and sanitation laws in the state.
He wrote: “A walk through Olonkoro Area of Osogbo today, I stumbled on the drain system full with all forms of dirt, this led me to further moving through a few streets of Osogbo and I could pick a few pictures which affirms the claims.
“This alarming decline reflects a glaring failure of the Adeleke administration to take environmental sanitation seriously. The situation has gone beyond tolerance and can no longer be excused.
“The practice of allowing people to dump dirt on the street for days before clearing them is further making the situation worse. The Osun State Government must act without delay by urgently reviewing, strengthening, and enforcing environmental and sanitation laws.
“The people deserve a clean, healthy, and dignified capital city and anything less is unacceptable.”
Commenting on the situation, the Osun State Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Hon. Mayowa Adejoorin, said the ministry is carrying out surveillance with a view to discourage indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the roads and drains.
He made this known while responding to an inquiry made by OSUN DEFENDER.
“The Ministry of Environment and Sanitation and Osun Waste Management Agency have been monitoring the situation. We are also carrying out surveillance with a view to discouraging indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the roads and drains,” he said.
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