The Commissioner for Information Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun and his counterpart in the Ministry of Environment Erelu Tosin Aluko-Ajisafe have expressed their level of satisfactions in this month Environment Sanitation Exercise, observed today.
The duo who went round the major places in Ado Ekiti, the state capital to inspect the effectiveness of the exercise warned the people caught for not complying to desist from the act.
Speaking with newsmen during the exercise, the Commissioner for Environment, Erelu Tosin-Aluko Ajisafe noted that the level of compliance has improved but explained that there’s still room for improvement. She expressed concern about Oke Isa market where marketers are still recalcitrant.
The Commissioner, while speaking on how people usually dumped refuse on the waterways, emphasized the need to desist from doing so to avoid obstruction of free flow of erosion, adding that the act will no longer be condoned in the State.
Reacting, the Commissioner for Information, Hon Taiwo Olatunbosun stated that the fact that today’s exercise was the first of its kind this year, that that’s why it wasn’t really tough saying there’s no plan to prosecute anyone and promised that next month own would be tough.
He explained that the Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji-led administration has zero tolerance for untidy environment which could cause epidemics as demonstrated through his approval of the huge amount being expended on fabrication of 20 Dino Bins which when completed would be placed at strategic places for easy accessibility.
The SA/DG OTSD, Dr. John Ekundayo, who was part of the inspection also expressed his happiness as he promised that the office of Transformation and Service Delivery would not stop at supporting the Ministry of Environment in its commitment to making Ekiti an epidemic free state.