Jare Olukotun
-Warns against unauthorised refuse dumping
The Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA), under the leadership of Hon. Motunrayo Gbadebo-Alogba, intensified efforts to promote public health and restore environmental sanity through a targeted intervention aimed at evacuating refuse from identified environmental blackspots across Ijede.
The exercise which held yesterday, was carried out by the Department of Environmental Health Services at Oke-Eletu Third Powerline, focused on clearing long-standing refuse blackspots that pose serious risks to residents’ well-being.
The intervention forms part of the administration’s sustained commitment to promoting a cleaner, healthier community.
Representing the council chairman at the exercise, Honourable Councillor Temilade Akinyemi, the councillor representing Ward D, expressed council’s concern at the way and manner some residents indiscriminately dispose refuse.
”The council leadership is deeply concerned about the increasing trend of indiscriminate waste disposal across the LCDA.”
She conveyed a stern appeal and warning from the Council Chairman, Hon. Gbadebo-Alogba, that anyone found engaging in unauthorised refuse dumping would be sanctioned in accordance with environmental regulations.
Similarly, the Head of Environmental Health Services, Mrs Christiana Olorunsola, sensitised residents and shop owners on the dangers of indiscriminate refuse dumping and appealed to residents of Oke-Eletu to desist from such practices.
She urged community members to partner with the council in building and sustaining a cleaner, healthier environment.
Recall that the council has in recent times been embarking on clearing refuse across the wards and de-silting the drainage system.
