PHOTOS: Oyo Acting Governor leads inspection tour within Ibadan metropolis

To prevent the spread of epidemics, the Oyo State Government has urged residents to adopt the practice of maintaining cleanliness and refrain from careless trash disposal. 

The appeal was made by the Acting Governor, Barrister Adebayo Abdul-raheem Lawal, along with the Commissioner for Works and Transport, Professor Daud Sangodoyin, the Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Abiodun Oni, and the Chairman of OYSROMA, Hon. Ogunlade Busoye, during an inspection tour of the city of Ibadan to gauge the level of adherence to environmental sanitation laws by residents. 

MOUTHPIECE NGR reports that Oyo Government is aggressive in its efforts to maintain roads and keep the environment clean as its led inspections on key highways, streets, and markets in Ibadan on Monday. 

During the inspection, a woman who is obstructing drainage with firewood in the road gutters was given a 24-hour deadline by Lawal, who initially went to Mokola to inspect the road and distill culvert before moving on to Molete. 

Lawal expressed displeasure at how citizens improperly disposed of their trash along the sides of the roads and promised that a large cleaning awareness campaign would be carried out throughout the three senatorial district to make sure that no area of the state was covered in filth. 

He urged state inhabitants to take the initiative to preserve their surroundings clean seriously and stated that government will prosecute defaulters and violators of environmental sanitation.

Lawal promised that the Oyo Government will be prepared to address the requirements of the populace while inspecting the crumbling and broken roads in Kudeti connecting to Labo Oranyan and the Odo-Oba junction in the Ibadan Southeast constituency.