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Oyo distributes 10,000 waste bags during special environmental day in Ibadan

Not less than 10,000 refuse bags were distributed free Mokola area in Ibadan during the flag-off of Oyo State special environmental exercise to further bring the message of cleaner environment to the people by the persent administration. The exercise was carried out by the State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources with support from West…

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Oyo Govt. seals 6 shops, canteens, butchers’ stands in Ibadan over violation of environmental sanitation laws

Six shops including a food canteen and a butcher’s shop were sealed on Thursday along Old Ife road and Gbagi area in Ibadan for flouting the State’s environmental Sanitation and Waste Management Law. The act was in accordance with the recent agreement made by Stakeholders during an advocacy programme on environmental laws organised by Oyo…

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‘Activate Waste To Wealth Project’ – CCII, Stakeholders Charge Makinde

….. As Oyo Kicks off Environmental Mobile Courts Oyo State government has been urged to start work on the Waste To Wealth project which was part of cardinal programs of the Seyi Makinde-led administration to bring to a bearest minimum, the problem of indiscriminate refuse dumping in the State. The call was made by the…

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Flooding: Oyo Lawmaker calls for sensitization campaign, punitive measures for environmental offenders

The honourable member representing Egbeda State Constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Olasunkanmi Babalola has called on the state government to launch a sensitization campaign on environmental sanitation and punitive measures for environmental offenders in the state. The lawmaker who also is the Deputy Majority Leader stated this on Tuesday during deliberation…

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Contaminated Eva Bottled Water: NBC Apologises, Says It Is Committed To Highest Quality Standards

The Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) says it is committed to highest quality standards over its product following the inconveniences the recall of the “contaminated” Eva bottled water might have caused consumers. Ekuma Eze, NBC’s director, public affairs and communications, said the bottling company had started withdrawing the contaminated Eva bottled water before NAFDAC issued the…

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Oyo cleans refuse in Ibadan metropolis, calls stakeholders’ meeting on pollution

Following the directive by the governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde that refuse dumps in the State, especially within Ibadan metropolis be evacuated, men of Oyo State Ministry of Environment and officers of West African Energy were on Tuesday seen at the affected areas with earthmoving machines, evacuating debris. The governor had earlier, in…

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Seyi Makinde reads riot act to Oyo inhabitants, Orders Immediate Stoppage Of Waste Disposal On Medians, Highways

The Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has frowned on the poor approach to environmental sanitation in Ibadan metropolis, appealing to residents of the state to properly dispose their waste. He maintained that he had directed the agencies in charge to ensure strict compliance with environmental sanitation measures, stating that his government will not hesitate…

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Ibadan residents cry over suffering from NNPC environmental pollutions

•Apata NNPC depot in Ibadan Life has been hellish for the residents of Apata area and its environs in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital. The water stream which lead Apata community to extreme end of Nihort (National Horticultural Research Institute), in Odo-Ona area and beyond covering about 5 kilometres have degraded by wastes from petroleum products…

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