Top Stories

Oyo Govt To Kickstart Community-Based Waste Management System –

Oyo state government has disclosed that the transition to a new waste management era would result into community-based waste management in the State.

 

The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Rt. Hon. Kehinde Ayoola, made this known while addressing newsmen in his office on Tuesday.

 

“We appeal to our people to please co-operate with the Engr. Seyi Makinde led administration. We are transiting into a new waste management  era  and  we  would start experiencing  community – based waste management system.”

 

Explaining further, he said , “We have mobilized trucks from all the nooks and crannies of the State, and they are gladly helping us out in clearing refuse, till we find a lasting solution to the menace”.

 

The Commissioner also disclosed  that the dump sites in the State are not adequate, adding that the government  has started rehabilitating the dump sites, while plans are in top gear to create sanitary land-fills.

 

Ayoola hinted that the state government through his Ministry has identified prospective transfer loading stations, which would help the waste to wealth initiative of the government.

 

In a related development, the ex-Oyo speaker also revealed that the government was putting in place measures to stop open defecation in the State, by providing mobile toilets and water in rural communities.

admin

Recent Posts

Rep Oseni Rallies Support for Ikogosi Development Projects, Calls for Resilience, Unity

The Chairman of the House Committee on the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and representative…

1 day ago

Bad Roads: ‘Focus on Message, Not Messenger’ – Nigerians Tell Works Minister, Umahi

The Nigerian Minister of Works, David Umahi, has ignited widespread public reaction following his response…

4 days ago

Oseni Salutes Senator Folarin’s Decades of Service at 61

  Engr. Aderemi Oseni, representing Ibarapa East/Ido Federal Constituency of Oyo State in the House…

6 days ago

Oseni Donates N10m to Support Ibadan’s Mogaji Ile Eke Project

The Chairman, House Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Engr. Aderemi Oseni has made…

1 week ago

Lead City Varsity Hosts Conference on Leadership, Personality Development

Dr. Ayobami Owolabi, President of the Institute of Personality Development & Customer Relationship Management (IPDCRM),…

1 week ago

Ugandan Court Hands Ex-LRA Commander 40-Year Sentence

  In a historic ruling, a Ugandan court on Friday sentenced former Lord’s Resistance Army…

2 weeks ago