Environment

Oyo Govt. Tackles Open Defecation, Launches Clean And Green Club

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In the bid to pass on the culture of preserving the environment to the next generation, Oyo State Government has launched the Clean and Green Club in public secondary schools across the state.

Flagging off the launch of 50 Mobile toilets and the Clean and Green Club with selected schools, at the Ministry of Environment, Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde who said the initiative would be extended to more schools in the state charged the students to make a difference in their environments.

Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun, Governor Makinde said the state had taken steps to improve her rank on the list of states with low tolerance for open defecation with the launch of the Public Mobile Toilets.

Commissioner for Environment, Mr Idowu Oyeleke said the Mobile Toilets would be deployed to Markets, Motor Parks and other remote areas in the state to curb open defecation.

He said the initiative was achieved through Public Private Partnership and would be monitored by the Ministry.

Mr Oyeleke noted that 500,000 trees would be planted between now and 2023, therefore the students would be trained to plant trees in their schools and environment.

Earlier the Commissioner and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry had led other health officers to Oje market to sensitize the people and plant trees.

The event attracted stakeholders from the Ministry of Agriculture, Education, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, FRIN and students drawn from schools across the state. Blessing Okareh

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Oyo Govt. Set To Tackle Open Defecation With Distribution Of Mobile Toilets

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Oyo State government is set to unveil not less than fifty mobile toilets to be placed at strategic locations in the state with the aim of eradicating open defecation.

The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Oyeleke stated this while addressing newsmen in Ibadan.

Dr Oyeleke said the mobile toilets would be situated at locations for the conveniences of pedestrians, passengers and travellers in an attempt to ensuring that the environment is not polluted.

He added that the step would not only stop the spread of diseases such as Cholera, Typhoid and Diarrhoea, but also check other ravaging diseases that are threats to human existence.

The Commissioner enjoined the people of the state to support the policy of clean and green initiative of the present administration, as the Environmental Health Officers and Task Force Team would soon be directed to arrest and prosecute anyone caught defecating in the open.

In the same vein, not less than ten tricycles were received by the Ministry of Environment for evacuation of recycle waste within local government areas in the State.

In a remark, the Managing Director of the company, Mottainai, Mr. Ade Adewuyi stated that the concept of this initiative is to start paying for recyclable waste materials, while also engaging youths in the state in the process termed circular economy.

Iyabo Adebisi

Environment

Ogun Govt. Wants Businesses to Decontaminate Their Premises

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Ogun State government has called on corporate organisations including banks, industries, large and small scale enterprises in the state to decontaminate their premises ahead of resumption of skeletal activities.

The Commissioner of Environment, Mr. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta.

He said the measure was desirable due to the large volume of customers visiting their premises for transactions and the need to complementing the state government’s efforts at flattening the curve of the coronavirus pandemic in the state.

Mr. Abudu-Balogun said the corporate bodies would complete the circle of war against Covid-19 by decontaminating their premises to help stop the spread of the pandemic.

The commissioner also urged them to enforce government directives on the pandemic through wearing of face masks by their workers and visitors, keep social distancing and provision of hand washing materials with sanitizers.

He also advised the companies to contact the Ministry of Environment for assistance in decontaminating their premises and general environment when the need arise.

Wale Oluokun