The Oyo State Government has scrapped its long-standing monthly environmental sanitation exercise, replacing it with a strict daily monitoring and enforcement system aimed at ensuring a cleaner and healthier environment across the state.
The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Ademola Aderinto, disclosed this during a press briefing marking his first 100 days in office, describing the move as a decisive shift toward sustained environmental responsibility.
According to Aderinto, the new system is designed to make cleanliness a daily obligation for residents, rather than a once-a-month routine.
“We are now enforcing daily environmental sanitation. Our officers are on the field every day to ensure compliance. Cleanliness must become a daily responsibility,” he said.
The Commissioner explained that environmental health officers have been deployed across the state to carry out continuous monitoring and enforcement to ensure compliance with sanitation standards.
To strengthen the initiative, the government under Governor Seyi Makinde re-engaged 930 environmental vanguards, sweepers, and waste packers, with street sweepers now operating twice daily to maintain cleaner roads and public spaces.
In a bid to boost transparency and citizen participation, the state also launched the “Oyo Soro Soke (Oyo SSS)” Environmental Whistleblower platform. The platform, accessible via mobile applications and WhatsApp, enables residents to report environmental violations and sanitation breaches in real time.
Officials say the whistleblower initiative will strengthen accountability while encouraging residents to take an active role in maintaining a cleaner environment.
Additional reforms introduced by the Ministry include a waste segregation system across government offices and plans to partner with private investors for the construction of modern public toilets.
The policy shift marks a significant step in the state’s environmental management strategy, with authorities expressing confidence that daily enforcement and community-driven reporting will lead to lasting improvements in sanitation across Oyo State.
