Eighteen environmental defaulters have been arrested during this month’s exercise in Nasarawa State.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that the defaulters were arrested as part of measures by the State government to ensure environmental cleanliness, reduce environmental pollution and curb outbreaks of diseases.
State Commissioner of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr Yakubu Kwanta said the government has declared war on filthy environment in the state.
Henceforth, communities, Local governments and individuals found waiting in keeping their surroundings clean would be made to face stiffer sanctions in accordance with the extant environmental laws in the state.
“In other to ensure that Nasarawa is ranked among states with high records of environmental cleanliness, the state government has created refuse dumps and provide refuse disposals for effective collections of waste in the state”.
“Government would henceforth claim down on communities, Local government and individuals that will default in the environmental extant laws in the state”.
The Commissioner who was represented by the Chief Environmental Officer of the Ministry, Abubakar Mohammed, said about 18 persons were arrested during this month’s sanitation exercise for violation of the environmental law in the state.
Kwanta who noted with satisfaction the high level of compliance during the exercise, said a house to house approach has been adopted to ensure participation of every household in the exercise during the exercise in Nasarawa state.