Environment

Open Defecation: Hundreds Of People Prosecuted In Ogun

By Web News 571

One hundred and twenty four persons have been prosecuted and sentenced to community service for open defecation contravening the state’s environmental and health laws by the Ogun State government.

The offenders were arrested in various locations across the state with eighty-two of them from Mowe-Ibafo axis in Obafemi-Owode local government area.

The Special Adviser to the Ogun state Governor on Environment, Mr. Ola Oresanya, who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta said the offenders were apprehended as parts of efforts at stopping the indecent habit and make the state open-defecation free.

Mr. Oresanya stressed that the bad habit which are mostly done late in the night and at dawn have negative implications on the immediate communities where they are practised stating that the state government will not watch few dirty individuals put the health of the majority at risk through their shameful act.

He said the arrest of offenders will continue as the state has zero tolerance for open defecation and warned drivers of articulated vehicles to stop defecating on medians and roadsides while on stopovers and advised them to visit public toilets provided by the state government for their conveniences.

Mr. Oresanya announced that all Petrol stations and Eateries in the state have been mandated to make their conveniences available for the public as part of their corporate social responsibility while the state government has also identified over one hundred other locations for construction of more public toilets through public-private partnership.

Wale Oluokun

Environment

Ogun Govt. Reiterates Commitment To Reduction Of Carbon Emissions

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Ogun State government has renewed its determination to enforce necessary regulations to ensure residents earmark 10 to 20 percent of their lands for green vegetation.

Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Olatunji Odunlami who made this known in Abeokuta while speaking with journalists ahead of World Habitat Day, said the step was to reduce Carbon emissions which depletes the ozone layer.

Mr. Odunlami said the ministry would continue to engage stakeholders to elicit necessary behavioural change in the bid to keep the environment safe and more habitable.

The Physical Planning and Urban Development Commissioner who described proper waste disposal as essential to mitigate the effects of global warming said the government had encouraged the use of energy-efficient lightings to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

Also, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment, Mr. Ola Oresanya who described the act of burning refuse as wicked and punishable under the law in the state, said the government would no longer condone such action in any part of the state.

Mr. Oresanya said the government had put in place an efficient door-to-door waste disposal system across the state.

Olusegun Folarin