Kwara State government at the weekend said it has arrested no fewer than 300 violators of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. It added that the defaulters would be prosecuted immediately.Commissioner for Environment Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh said this in Ilorin, the state capital during the monitoring of the monthly exercise.
The commissioner, who led the enforcement team alongside the Chairman, Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Taskforce, Air Vice Marshal, Ishaq Balogun (rtd) warned that the current dispensation has zero tolerance for environmental pollution and would stop at nothing to keep Kwara clean.
Buraimoh explained that the need to arrest the violators became necessary, in order to put an end to environmental nuisance in the state.
Appalled at people’s attitude during the exercise that despite meetings, she wondered why they still failed to adhere to sanitation rules of staying at home to clean up and tidy their surroundings.
“It is disheartening that despite efforts of this administration at providing an enabling and sustainable environment to residents, people still went ahead violating the environmental laws of the state, not minding the fact that a filthy environment poses threats to individual lives, forgetting that when epidemics break out, it knows no bound,” the Commissioner added.
Buraimoh frowned at the act of indiscipline exhibited by people who refused to comply with the environmental law, warning that the subsequent exercise will equally be strictly enforced and monitored by state officials.
She emphasized further that the enforcement of sanitation law will continue until people understand the need to take care of their environment and the implementation of the goal of sanitation exercise is achieved.