In its bid to sustain a clean and healthy society, the Kwara State Government through the Ministry of Environment has inaugurated a 300 man surveillance taskforce to check indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the metropolis.
Briefing newsmen on Monday, Hajiya Nafisat Musa Buge, described indiscriminate dumping of refuse as “a general phenomenon that requires urgent attention, most especially in Ilorin metropolis. The only solution to eradicate it is to aggressively commence a rethinking of sustainable waste management by the government and to also sensitize the people on the dangers inherent in dumping refuse indiscriminately.”
She stressed the importance of members of the public to cooperate with the government and its agencies to find a lasting solution to this problem so as to forestall the outbreak of diseases, especially cholera, which is already ravaging some states in the country.
Buge who disclosed that the surveillance taskforce will embark on a 24 hours surveillance duty warned that convicted offenders will be made to face the full wrath of the relevant environmental laws.
News Hub reports that highlight of the event was the inauguration of members of the taskforce and administering of oath of allegiance on members of the taskforce which was done by Chief Magistrate Ibrahim Dansuki.