…introduces new solid waste management architecture
SOJI AJIBOLA, Ibadan
Oyo State Government has prohibited private refuse contractors from collection of fees from their clients.
The government said the development was to allow for the implementation of its new solid waste management architecture that would ensure a safer environment.
The State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr Abdulateef Oyeleke, in a statement made available to newsmen added that the new solid waste architecture focused on attaining sustainable environment that would improve the social wellbeing of residents in the state.
He emphasised that private refuse contractors had been prohibited from collecting fees from their clients.
“All households, facility owners, private, commercial industries, religious houses, institutions have been advised not to make any form of payment to their PSP operators,” he said.
The statement further revealed that the state government had appointed accredited revenue consultants that would be serving bills to all clients and that payments would be made through designated banks either manually or electronically, stressing that “any payment rendered to any PSP is at payers’ risk”.
Consequently, all dump sites in Ibadan, such as Lapite, Aba Eku and Ajakanga which are under rehabilitation have been closed down with immediate effect and anyone caught dumping refuse in these areas would be prosecuted.
According to the commissioner, all PSP operators and others are to make use of only Awotan landfill, where the state government has provided state of the earth facilities for the purpose intended.
The statement finally enjoined members of the public to note and keep abreast with the new solid waste management architecture by settling their waste bills promptly, while also desisting from dumping wastes on the road, drainages, rivers and other open spaces so as to avert any outbreak of diseases and flooding.