Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources in Oyo State Mr Isaac Ishola on Monday said seized goods from traders who flout environmental sanitation laws will be distributed to orphanage homes.
The commissioner disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday by Mr Olusegun Adesoji the Press Officer in the ministry, that street trading persisted in the state because offenders were able to retrieve their goods after paying fines
Ishola in the statement said “the present administration places so much priority on healthy and hygienic environment and safety of lives and properties and the government would do everything possible to ensure environmental cleanliness.
The commissioner therefore called for attitudinal change among residents, saying they should desist from waiting for government to enforce environmental laws.
The commissioner while warning street traders at Challenge area of Ibadan to move to the Scout Camp Market further disclosed that the full enforcement of environmental laws commenced on May 15 and would be observed in the morning and evening.
