Environment

Avoid Unwholesome Environmental Practices, OSEMA Advises Residents

By Web News 621

By Folake Oye

Osun State Emergency Management Agency, OSEMA, has urged residents to desist from any form of activity that may cause environmental hazards like fire outbreak and flooding in the state.

The General Manager of OSEMA, Mr Jide Falade, made the call in Osogbo while speaking with newsmen.

According to him, the call became imperative in view of the fast approaching dry season when fire disasters are common with its attendant losses and shortages.

Mr Falade listed some of the factors that may cause environmental hazards including dumping of refuse on waterways, building houses in areas that are prone to flooding, carelessness in handling electrical appliances at homes and offices, incessant bush burning by farmers and hunters, refusal to unplug unused electrical equipment, keeping of petrol at home and keeping of cylinders inside the vehicle among others. 

He admonished residents to complement government’s efforts at putting preventable measures against disasters in place by playing their part.

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Crime

Police Seek Parents, Relatives of Abandoned Newborn

By Web News 1277

Some residents of Omo-Odo Agba Street, along Ring Road, Oke-Baale Area of Osogbo, capital of Osun State have discovered a newborn baby that was abandoned inside a carton.

The baby, said to be 11-days-old, was kept in a carton and was dropped along the road in the area before some people living in the area found it.

A release signed by the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Affairs, Mr Jide Falade indicated the baby was found on February 25, 2022.

The release explained that all efforts made by the Police and the Ministry to locate her parents have proved abortive.

Mr Falade, therefore, appealed to members of the public to assist in locating the relatives or parents of the baby.

Culled from the Thepointng