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No fewer than 40 persons were arrested in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday for violating the environmental sanitation law in the state.
Also impounded during the monthly sanitation exercise were 50 vehicles and 75 motorcycles.
The enforcement team, led by the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Oyeleke, included the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Bashir Olanrewaju; Chairman, Environmental Task Force, Francis Ojomo; Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment, Ademola Aderinto; Director, Environmental Health Services and the security operatives in the state.
In an address at the Bodija Secretariat Road in Ibadan during the sanitation exercise, the Commissioner described the attitude of residents as worrisome, saying engaging in businesses during sanitation exercise is a criminal.
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The Oyo State Government has announced that there would be total restriction of human and vehicular movements during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise holding on Saturday.
The restriction of movement, according to a statement signed and made available to journalists by the Commissioner, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Oyeleke, would, however, not affect those on essential duties, including health workers, journalists, and the law enforcement agents.
The statement, which indicated that the exercise would hold between 6am and 9am on Saturday, warned against the violation of the environmental sanitation law as deviants would face severe penalties.
There would be total restriction of human and vehicular movements during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise holding on Saturday in Oyo State.
This was contained in a statement signed and made available to newsmen by the Commissioner, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Oyeleke.
The statement, which indicated that the exercise would hold between 6am and 9am on Saturday, said it will not affect those on essential duties, including health workers, journalists, and the law enforcement agents.
It warned against the violation of the environmental sanitation law as deviants would face severe penalties.
“There shall be total restriction of both vehicular and human movement except for those on essential duties,” it read partly.
The tariffs
The City of Johannesburg has amended its Environmental Health Services tariffs [PDF] with effect from 1 July 2012.
Service
570.00
185.00
2860.00
570.00
105.00
185.00
0.95
910.00
910.00
910.00
360.00
555.00
555.00
555.00
555.00
185.00
945.00
185.00
945.00
2350.00
555.00
555.00
555.00
555.00
555.00
555.00
555.00
225.00
115.00
175.00
85.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
45.00
95.00
555.00
Vacant properties – Per transaction after referral to contractor for cleaning where owner has failed to adhere to notice
755.00
2240.00
555.00
555.00
Issuing of a permit to introduce Milk and/or Milk products into the Municipal area for human consumption
555.00
Cutting of grass, undergrowth, weeds, and/ or vegetation to a maximum height of 150mm above ground level per m2, which shal
Closing a restaurant for allegedly violating COVID-19 safety protocols wasn t a quick process in Jefferson County. From first warning to temporary shutdown, it took more than three months to shutter Golden s Dirty Dogs Roadhouse over a pro-Donald Trump event that was almost entirely mask-free and displayed little evidence of physical distancing. And the watering hole was open again less than two weeks later.
Dirty Dogs Roadhouse co-owner Rob Tompkins declined to comment on the episode and its aftermath. But Jim Rada, Environmental Health Services division director for Jefferson County Public Health, the agency that did the deed, chalks up the sluggish pace of the procedure to bureaucratic changes instituted between the first warning and the ultimate action.