Students of Public Health Department, University College Hospital, U.C.H, Ibadan have appealed to Oyo State Government to restore and implement the weekly and monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Oyo State.
The students made the appeal while carrying out a sensitization exercise in Ajibode.
Three of the students including Olusoji Ojoawo the team leader, Tolulope Majiyagbe and Olumide Adaramoye said the stoppage of the exercise in the state had led to the unhygienic condition of Ibadan metropolis.
The students who said poor environmental sanitation and unguided waste disposal had led to outbreak of diseases and in the state noted that the state government should enforce the use of waste bin by each households while also subscribing to the state waste collection system.
In an interview, The Jagun Balogun of Ajibode Oke Ona, Chief Moshud Ademola who explained that several efforts had been made through community awareness campaign to ensure routine sanitation pointed out that sanitation was being handled with levity.
Chief Ademola said poor waste disposal had led to flooding in the community said the state government should fine erring households that failed to secure waste bin as well as the services of waste collectors in the state.
Rotimi Famakin
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