Easter: Ogun asks residents to celebrate in clean, safe environment

Ogun State government has urged residents of the state and visitors alike to celebrate this year's Easter celebration in a clean, healthy and safe environment.

State's Environment Commissioner, Dr Ola Oresanya, who gave the charge while congratulating residents in the state, especially the Christians faithfuls for witnessing another Easter season, wished them fun-filled celebration.

Oresanya urge them to make cleanliness of their environment their watchword by cleaning their surroundings before, during and after the Easter celebration.

The commissioner also asked the residents to desilt their drainage channels and store their waste in covered containers that will be collected by the waste PSP Operators assigned to their areas.

"All PSP Operators in the state have been mandated to work throughout this festive period to collect wastes in all their assigned areas for effective waste management especially with expected increase in waste generation from the celebration" he stated.

"Aside from this,all government waste management and environmental officials and equipments have been deployed to various parts of the state for Special Easter Duties which are geared towards maintaining clean environment statewide"

"So residents of the state and visitors are therefore assured of government readiness to continue to maintain the clean environment the state is noted for at all time as we urge them to play their part especially during this period of Easter celebration"

Oresanya, however, called on them in all markets in the state to transact their businesses in clean, healthy and safe environment especially at this period when upsurge in trading activities are expected.

He also urged them not to engage in street trading as Environment Marshalls will be on duty throughout the state to maintain law and order in all markets statewide .  

"emergency traders" who trade in livestock and other items and display them on roadsides and median or in the Booths of their vehicles and other public places statewide to desist and move to markets as there are enough spaces to accommodate them adding that the state government will aside from seizing their goods,prosecute them for destroying the aesthetic beauty of the state through their illegal street trading.

"motorists to drive with caution to avoid unnecessary accidents during this festive season as street sweepers will be on duty statewide to keep the state roads clean and called on carnival organizers not to block any street roads for their celebration as the state environmental laws forbids blocking of state roads for parties and carnivals", he said.