Ondo seals three residential buildings over environmental law violation

The Ondo State Government has sealed off three residential buildings in Akure metropolis for environmental infractions by the owners and occupants of the affected buildings.

The General Manager of the Ondo State Waste Management Authority, Mrs Ayo Adeyemo, who disclosed this after the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state on Saturday, said all the occupants of the affected buildings were sent out by the government environmental officers who enforced the order.

Adeyemo said the affected buildings are located at the Oke Ogba community in Akure, and the order of the government was said to be indefinite until further notice.

She said the owners and occupants of the sealed buildings were arrested by the environmental officials who moved around the state to inspect the level of compliance to the sanitation exercise.

According to her, the owners and occupants of the sealed buildings had committed various environmental laws of the state, hence the government order.

She said the offences committed range from not having toilets in the houses, not having a kitchen, leaving in uncompleted buildings which is dangerous for inhabitants, bushy environment and absent of other necessary facilities among others.

She frowned at the attitude of some landlords whose houses were without toilets and other necessities needed facilities, stressing that the government would not hesitate to clamp down on any violators.

She said all hands must be on deck to support the government’s efforts at keeping the state clean and warding off outbreaks of diseases.

She said, “As it is now the houses have been sealed and nobody should enter into them and the owners of the buildings would be charged to court.”

The manager, however, commended the residents of the state for participating despite the no restriction of movement order.

The Permanent Secretary, Ondo State Ministry of Environment, Mr Akin Asaniyan and the Chairman, Ondo State Special Committee on Waste Management, Mr Kehinde Badejo, also cautioned the resident against indiscriminate dumping of refuse and urged residents on proper disposal of their wastes for easy access by waste managers.

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