Oyo seals industrial facility, lounge in Ibadan

The Oyo State government has sealed an industrial facility over its incessant violation and noncompliance to environmental regulations.

The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Architect Abdulmojeed Mogbojubola, gave the directive for the sealing of the facility, on the heels of several complaints and petitions received on the health hazzard incured by the residents around the facility.

Reports revealed that the unhealthy fumes, emitted from Fountain Manufacturing Company Ltd, located in Oluyole, Ibadan, has caused great uproar in the  area.

The Ministry had for years wadded into the matter, for amicable mediation among residents, but the facility owner had invariably failed to either respond  or comply with government directives on the matter and obeying the state environmental laws.

Likewise, the Ministry sealed a popular lounge along Akala Express, Casta De Lounge, for dumping its waste on the highway median.

The Ministry also revealed that after necessary investigations, the lounge refused to patronize the government assigned waste collectors and is culpable of several environmental offences.

In the meantime, the Oyo State government has declared a state of emergency on inappropriate waste disposal, in all markets and public places.

The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Architect Abdulmojeed Mogbojubola, made this known, during a scheduled meeting with heads of markets across the state in the Ministry’s Conference room.

He stated that the government had commenced the distribution of skip bins, to major markets in the state, affirming that the waste disposal containers would put an end to the era of indiscriminate refuse dump on road medians and unauthorized places.

He assured that the skip bins would be evenly distributed across all markets and public places.

Mogbonjubola however charged the market executives, the “Baba and Iya Lojas” to ensure proactiveness and cleanliness in the  markets, to avoid preventable cases of market closure.

While narrating the efforts of the Ministry at promptly evacuating wastes, which he personally  supervised, Mogbonjubola reiterated the commitment of government to end indiscriminate refuse dumps in all markets and public places.