African Cocoa and coffee farmers are calling for urgent support from global stakeholders to mitigate the impact of price volatility, despite a promising outlook for the commodities on global futures markets. The farmers under the auspices of the Cocoa & Coffee Farmers Alliance Association of Africa (COCEFAAA), in a statement, noted that they face a […]
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The lawmaker, Adeniyi Adegbonmire, said such a system cannot be achieved in Nigeria at the moment, noting that it may take two or three years before electronic transmission can be fully implemented.
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The Ogun State Waste Management Authority, OGWAMA, has arrested and prosecuted 108 residents in Abeokuta for the indiscriminate dumping of waste products.
The offenders were apprehended while dumping refuse on roadsides, public places and on medians, in different parts of the state capital.
Recall that DAILY POST had reported the piles of trash sitting on major roads and blocking the gutters.
However, the OGWAMA enforcement team arrested the offenders while they were dumping the refuse, an offence against the state’s waste management law.
Speaking on the arrest on Wednesday, the Special Adviser to the Governor on OGWAMA, Farook Akintunde, said the waste offenders have been prosecuted in different customary courts in the state capital and fined to serve as a deterrent to others.
He lamented that despite government efforts at picking up waste from residents’ doorsteps, they are still in the habit of dumping waste in inappropriate places, thereby defacing the aesthetic beauty of the environment and the state capital.
Akintunde said, “Its just unfortunate that we have to go this route to stop some of our people from dumping waste indiscriminately on roadsides and in public places. We have sensitized, appealed and even encouraged them to handover their waste to Waste PSP assigned to their areas for proper waste disposal but to no avail.
“We are determined to continue this exercise until they see the need to stop dumping waste indiscriminately, especially now that the state is wearing a new look in terms of proper waste management.
“Aside from this, dumping waste indiscriminately is not safe, as it can lead to flooding and contaminate ground water during this rainy season, which the state government will not allow” Akintunde warned.
He insisted that the state government through OGWAMA, will not fold its hands and allow a few individuals deface the environment through unlawful environmental practices.
Akintunde urged those still in such habit to stop or get prepared to face the law.
108 Ogun residents arrested, prosecuted for indiscriminate waste disposal
The Kano State Government said it has involved the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the Distribution Committee overseeing the Federal Government’s donated N8 billion to victims of the Singer Market fire, to ensure transparency and fairness.
The committee on the Singer Market inferno, under the leadership of the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Umar Faruk, paid an inspection visit to the market to assess the situation on the ground.
He insisted that transparency and fairness are the watchwords of the committee’s work.
Speaking, Alhaji Umar Faruk said justice and fairness would be strictly adhered to in the distribution of the support to the affected victims.
“As you can see all these Federal Government anti-corruption bodies and the police and other top security agencies are not just involved but to critically ensure that every person’s affected is attended to,” he said.
He appealed to the affected victims to be honest while declaring their losses to the committee in order to ensure fairness.
“We expect that every marketer who is affected by the fire would be honest and fair to God by openly showing us his losses and the remaining goods that were saved so that everyone would be treated justly,” he said.
The chairman of Kano Singer Market, Barrister Mohammad Zakari Junaid, said all anti-corruption agencies and security bodies were incorporated into the committee to ensure justice and fairness.
He reassured that the funds would be judiciously utilised.
In his remarks, the representative of the Commissioner of Police, ACP Jauro, said the Nigeria Police would not relent in ensuring adequate security across the entire market, with a view to promoting the status of Kano as the commercial nerve centre of sub-Saharan Africa.
Also speaking, Sarkin Fadan Kano, Alhaji Ado Kurawa, said the Emirate sympathised with the business community over the sad incident of the Singer Market inferno, urging traders to cooperate with the committee to ensure the successful execution of its assignment.
Kano involves EFCC, Police in N8bn Singer Market fire relief distribution
