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48 MONDAY, JULY 9, <strong>2018</strong><br />
homes &<br />
property<br />
OGSG asks residents to clear<br />
weeds from properties<br />
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi<br />
The Ogun State<br />
Government has asked<br />
residents of the state to rid<br />
their properties of weeds as<br />
the rains intensify or face<br />
sanction.<br />
“Owners of properties<br />
across the state must ensure<br />
that their structures are not<br />
allowed to be overrun by weeds<br />
and anyone found wanting will<br />
be sanctioned appropriately,”<br />
the Commissioner for<br />
Environment, Mr Bolaji<br />
Oyeleye, was quoted to have<br />
said in a statement.<br />
Oyeleye added that<br />
owners or residents of bushy<br />
properties, who refused to<br />
clear them and keep the<br />
environment clean, could<br />
be sanctioned as provided<br />
for in Section 36 of the State<br />
Environmental Management<br />
(Miscellaneous) Provisions<br />
Law of 2004.<br />
He said owners and<br />
residents of properties close<br />
to highways across the state<br />
should also clear weeds on<br />
the spaces between their<br />
properties and the highways or<br />
other public roads, adding that<br />
this would improve visibility<br />
and help reduce frequent road<br />
accidents.<br />
“The state found this<br />
measure necessary to ensure<br />
that our environment is kept<br />
clean and not conducive for<br />
diseases to thrive or used as<br />
hideouts by hoodlums and<br />
criminally-minded people,” he<br />
stated.<br />
He said the government<br />
would not renege on its<br />
resolve and ongoing efforts<br />
at ensuring a safe and healthy<br />
environment for residents,<br />
and called for support and cooperation from all residents of the state.
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