Environment

Oyo State Government, through the State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (OYORUWASSA), is joining forces with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Lagos Field Office, SATO, a brand under LIXIL and other stakeholders to prioritize safe sanitation as a critical tool for disease prevention and environmental protection. The Chairman of OYORUWASSA, Alhaji Babalola Afobaje, […]

Indiscriminate dumping of waste, open defecation and urination are now prosecuted offences in Oyo State under the state’s environmental regulations. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Hon. Barrister Seun Ashamu, made this known on Friday during the arraignment of environmental offenders at the Environmental Tribunal Court located within the Ministry’s premises. Ashamu reiterated the […]

Traders at the Popular Ogunpa central international market have been given the final warning by the Oyo State Government to desist from trading by the road sides. The warning was issued on behalf of the government by the Chairman of the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority, OYRTMA, Major Adekoya Adesagba (rtd.) during a sensitization […]

The Emergency Management Agency in Oyo State, SEMA, has alerted residents in Akinyele, Egbeda, and Oluyole Local Government Areas in Ibadan of impending flood. According to a statement statement by the Agency ‘s Administrative Secretary, Mrs. Ojuolape Busari,latest weather forecast suggests downpour in the identified area,calling on all residents to do all within their powers […]