Oyo seals industrial facility,lounge in Ibadan

The Oyo State Government has sealed an industrial facility over its incessant violation and non-compliance with environmental regulations.

The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Abdulmojeed Mogbojubola, gave the directive over several complaints and petitions by the residents around the facility.

Reports said that the unhealthy fumes, emitted from Fountain Manufacturing Company Ltd., located in Oluyole, Ibadan, have caused great uproar in the area.

The ministry had for years waded into the matter for amicable mediation among residents but the facility owner had invariably failed to either respond or comply with government directives on the matter and obey the state environmental laws.

Also, the ministry sealed a popular lounge along Akala Express, Casta De Lounge, for dumping its waste on the highway median.

The ministry also disclosed that after necessary investigations, the lounge refused to patronise the government-assigned waste collectors and is culpable of several environmental offences.

In a related development, the state government has declared a state of emergency on inappropriate waste disposal in all markets and public places.

Mogbojubola made this known during a scheduled meeting with heads of markets across the state in the Ministry’s conference room.

The commissioner stated that the government had commenced the distribution of skip bins to major markets in the state, affirming that the waste disposal containers would put an end to the era of indiscriminate refuse dump on road medians and in unauthorised places.

He assured that the skip bins would be evenly distributed across all markets and public places.

Mogbonjubola, however, charged the market executives, the “Baba and Iya Lojas,” to ensure proactiveness and cleanliness in the markets to avoid preventable cases of market closure.

While disclosing efforts of the ministry at evacuating waste, Mogbonjubola reiterated the commitment of the government to end indiscriminate refuse dumps in all markets and public places.