Officials of the Kwara state Ministry of Environment have embarked on an aggressive ‘garbage pickup’ in the Ilorin metropolitan areas. This is being done to maintain and sustain a safe and clean environment in the state capital.
It was also in line with the directive of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq that a safe , and clean environment should be maintained.
The Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Remilekun Banigbe had asked the people overseeing the Waste Management Special Intervention Trucks to team up with the commercial contractors and act with a great speed with respect to waste collections.
The trucks were seen moving from one street to another with their loaders to transport garbage that had been dumped at medians and roadsides while offloading the already filled-up roro bins and galvanized bins and this was monitored by a Principal Administrative Officer at the ministry, Mr. Moshood Ologele.
The Commissioner has urged residents of the state capital to always endeavor to make use of the bins that the government has provided at strategy locations and stop indiscriminate dumping of refuse.
