Environment

Ogun Issues Metal Recycling Companies Compliance Deadline

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By Oluwatoyin Adegoke 

The Ogun state government has warned metal recycling companies in Ogijo not to violate the March 31, 2026 deadline to upgrade their operations with modern technology or face strict sanctions.

General Manager, Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency, Mr Kehinde Bello, stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting with the company representatives and Ogijo community leaders at the Ministry of Environment, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Mr Bello said the state would permanently shut down any company that failed to comply.

While stressing that obsolete equipment have continued to endanger the safety of the communities, he noted that past administrations had issued fines, stop-work orders and closures for over fifteen years, yet compliance remained poor.

The OGEPA General Manager told community leaders that no extension of the March 2026 deadline would be considered and urged them to support government efforts to restore a safe and healthy environment in Ogijo.

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News

Voter Registration : INEC Agrees to Extend Deadline- Rep

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Aisha Dukku, chairman of the house of representatives committee on electoral matters, says the Independent National Electoral Commission , INEC, has agreed to extend the ongoing continuous voter registration, CVR.

The electoral umpire had fixed June 30 as the deadline for the suspension of CVR across the country ahead of the 2023 general election.

The house of representatives had asked INEC to extend the deadline by 60 days.

The resolution was passed following the adoption of a motion by Benjamin Kalu, a lawmaker from Abia state.

Giving an update during plenary, Dukku said INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu, would soon release a statement about the extension.

“He has already agreed to extend but for the court injunction he is to appear on the 29th of June,” she said.

“That notwithstanding, he said it has been guaranteed that it has to be extended, and not just extending but also it would additionally be done during weekends. He has agreed to that and that he is going to make a statement very soon to that effect.

That extension also involves additional machines, additional ad-hoc staff, and of course, he’s going to collaborate with the security agencies to make sure that is also done.

“So all the prayers of the motion were approved and all members of the committee were there, including the mover of the motion.”

Cable/Taiwo Akinola

Health

Covid-19 Vaccine : Deadline For Government Workers Approaches

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Currently, there is a Federal Government memo indicating that  workers yet to take the Covid-19 jab would be denied access to work places.

This directive is to take effect from the first of December 2021.

As the deadline approaches, correspondent, Olufisoye Adenitan seeks the views of stakeholders about this development.

Since the launch of the Covid-19 vaccine ,efforts have been intensified by government to ensure  availability and accessibility of the vaccines by Nigerians  in government hospitals and other designated places.

Considering the population of over two hundred million Nigerians ,it  is pertinent to know that huge resources is needed to manage and control the spread of the virus through the vaccine and other safety measures.

It is on this basis that the Federal Government and some states launched the mass vaccination exercise to speed up the process of vaccination 

To further fast track the process, Federal   Government also raised a memo about a month ago on the need for all civil servants to get vaccinated before DEC 1 while erring workers would be prevented from accessing their offices.

Finding shows that  government had passed memo to it parastatals and MDAs on the Dec 1st deadline ,but investigations reveal that, the December 1st deadline memo had already been passed down to the establishments while feed back from the National orientation agency also show that workers attention had  been sufficiently drawn to the directive.

Speaking on this , A public affairs analyst, Mr Ige Oluwaseyi was of the opinion that government should not enforce this   because people had  the  right to life and their decisions.

He was also of the opinion that government should rather find solution to pertinent issues affecting the health system.

Also federal civil servants,Mrs Florence Anichukwu and Cecilia Oshin explained that they took the vaccine and only had some little reactions afterward .

Also speaking ,Mrs Adebola Deinde expressed dismay that government was enforcing vaccines for Covid-19 while other life threatening diseases were killing  people everyday

A public Health expert ,Dr Toyin Olajide said that Covid-19 spread could be  controlled and  tamed if Nigerians get the vaccine since it boost  immune system to fight the virus.

Many other respondents believed that, there should be community engagement  and interaction with traditional and religious leaders who had influence in encouraging societal development and integration before enforcing vaccination for the people.

Olufisoye Adenitan