No fewer than 200 folks have been apprehended by the Kwara Environmental Sanitation Process Power for flouting the month-to-month sanitation train on Saturday.

The commissioner for atmosphere, Remilekun Banigbe, acknowledged this after monitoring the train throughout the 16 native authorities areas.

Mrs Banigbe mentioned the offenders have been instantly introduced earlier than the sanitation cell courts sitting at Emir Palace, Oja-Oba, Submit Workplace, Maraba, Sango and Offa-Storage, amongst different areas.

The commissioner mentioned advocacy sensitisation and jingles have been aired on greater than seven radio stations and different media platforms, but violators nonetheless got here out in defiance of the regulation.

“We now have began advocacy sensitisation all through the metropolis since Wednesday. We additionally reached out to some media homes and totally different social media platforms, but some offenders nonetheless got here out to violate the regulation,” Mrs Banigbe defined.

She, nonetheless, identified that the train was profitable in lots of areas, including that the state authorities would proceed to enhance till it achieved full compliance from the residents.

“In Ilorin alone, we have now two buses to ferry offenders. Every of those buses made greater than three journeys to the closest cell court docket,” the commissioner acknowledged.

Mrs Banigbe reassured the residents that the current administration wouldn’t relent in its efforts to maintain a clear and hygienic atmosphere for the wholesome residing of the populace. 

(NAN)