… For violating environmental laws
No fewer than five goats were yesterday arrested at Dele-Yesa
area in Osogbo, the Osun State capital by officials of the state Waste
Management Agency (OWMA) for allegedly violating environmental laws. The state
Coordinator of the agency, Mr. Henry Ogunbanwo said the goats would be charged
to court by the agency and would be prosecuted in accordance with the laws
guiding environmental protection in the state.
He said the state government had issued notice of warning to all
residents of the state capital on the need to monitor their domestic animals to
avoid public disturbance by the animals, which, he said, was against the
environmental laws. Ogunbanwo disclosed that the five goats arrested were
detained at the office of the agency in Osogbo from where they would be taken
to court for prosecution.
He said the goats ran fowl of the laws guiding environmental
protection by roaming around the residential area of Osogbo instead of being
caged by their owners. He declared that the present administration in the state
had zero tolerance for dirtiness and environmental hazard; hence the need for
the enshrinement of the environmental laws, adding that the government would
not take it lightly with violators of the laws According to him, officials of
the agency would from now move to every nook and cranny of the state to arrest
animals violating the state environmental laws, stressing that owners of such
animals would also be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the laws.
He advised those rearing domestic animals to keep them in a cage
to avoid arrest, insisting that his agency would not allow any animal to roam
about on the streets of any town or village in the state. He urged those
looking for their goats in Osogbo and its environs to check at the state office
of OWMA in Osogbo.
Source: Sun
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