No fewer than 300 environmental law offenders were on Saturday arrested during the monthly sanitation exercise in Ilorin, Kwara State.
Commissioner for Environment in the state, Hajiya Nafisat Musa-Buge, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
“It was sad and unfortunate that almost 300 sanitation offenders were apprehended within the metropolis and subsequently charged to various mobile courts, during the exercise,” Musa-Buge said.
She, however, commended residents of the state for their compliance which she noted ensured successful exercise.
“Let me use this medium to express our delight with an increase in the level of compliance, by the good people of Kwara State, towards the successful sanitation exercise, most especially, the metropolis. I urge you all to sustain the tempo,” she stated.
The Commissioner appreciated the mobile courts judges, monitoring and security agents, transport unions and relevant bodies for their steadfastness in the discharge of their duties.
She implored the people to strictly adhere to the three hours sanitation exercise scheduled for cleaning their residential and business environments to sustain clean and safe environment lfor a healthy living.
