The Oyo State Government has disclosed that the National Monthly environmental Sanitation exercise would hold on Saturday, 30th January, 2021.
According to a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Idowu Oyeleke, the sanitation exercise will hold between the hours of 6:00am and 9:00am and there shall be total restriction of both vehicular and human movement except for those on essential duties.
The statement further directed all the Chairmen of Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) to ensure compliance in their respective domains, as it is expected that citizens utilize the period to clean their surroundings.
Dr. Oyeleke directed all Directors of Environmental Health Services in the 33 Local Governments and 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) within the State to monitor the exercise as a matter of duty.
The statement therefore enjoined shop owners, market men and women, security operatives, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria( RTEAN), Tricycle Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria(TOOAN), Association of Commercial Motorcycle Riders of Nigeria ( ACCOMORAN), and the general public to comply with this directive.