Environment

Ogun Govt. Organises Sanitation Seminar for Market Leaders

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Ogun State government has organised a mandatory Sanitation Seminar for market leaders and traders at Kuto and Oba Lipede markets in Abeokuta to improve cleanliness at the markets.

According to the Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment, Mr Ola Oresanya the seminar is meant to train the traders on modern ways of trading in a cleaner environment especially now that emphasis is on public hygiene and safety.

The Special Adviser said shops and stalls are not to open during the seminar to enable the traders to concentrate on the training.

Mr Oresanya said the seminar will focus on practical methods of keeping markets clean, solid waste management disposal, eradication of rodents and pathogens as well as solutions to environmental infractions in and around marketplaces.

The special adviser noted that the Market Sanitation Seminar will be held regularly for all market leaders and traders in all markets in Ogun State.

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