OSUN SPEAKER ORDERS URGENT CLEARANCE OF REFUSE, BLOCKED DRAINAGES
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By: Fasasi Hammad
The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, has directed the Ministry of Environment to urgently clear heaps of refuse along major roads across the state.
Egbedun also ordered the ministry to clear blocked drainages and waterways, calling for a comprehensive and sustained approach to environmental sanitation across the state.
The directive was contained in a statement issued in Osogbo by the Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary, Olamide Tiamiyu, following a meeting between members of the Assembly and the Commissioner for Environment, Mayowa Adejoorin, alongside senior officials of the ministry.
The meeting was held as part of the Assembly’s oversight responsibilities, with particular focus on environmental sanitation and effective waste management.
Speaking at the meeting, Egbedun stressed the need for urgent and sustained action to remove refuse from major roads and clear blocked and neglected drainages across the state.
He noted that effective drainage systems were essential to preventing flooding, protecting lives and property, and maintaining a healthy environment.
The Speaker also urged the ministry and relevant agencies to ensure the proper evacuation and disposal of refuse, particularly in major towns and cities, markets, residential areas and other public spaces.
He emphasised that waste management should go beyond occasional clean-up exercises and become a sustained and properly coordinated responsibility.
Egbedun further called for a comprehensive environmental sanitation strategy involving the regular cleaning of major streets, public spaces and other areas requiring government attention.
He assured that the Assembly would continue to exercise its oversight responsibilities to ensure that government agencies remained responsive to the environmental needs of residents.
According to him, a clean environment is essential to public health, economic activities and the overall well-being of citizens.
Responding, Commissioner Adejoorin and heads of relevant agencies briefed the Assembly on the ministry’s activities, challenges and ongoing interventions aimed at improving environmental sanitation across the state.
The Speaker’s directive comes amid the state government’s efforts to address environmental and climate-related challenges, including the development of its first Climate Action Plan.
The plan is expected to provide guidance for government, businesses and households on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen environmental protection.
Consultant to the Osun State Governor on Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development, Chinwe Obuaku, said work on the plan commenced in 2023 following the establishment of an Advisory Council and the state’s participation at COP28.
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