The success of Environmental cleaniness lies on local government TIC.
KWEPA has identified the causes of challenges facing environmental issues in Kwara state, it is simply lack of synergy by the TIC members in each local government to collaborate with the state Ministry of Environment and KWEPA, especially in Ilorin East and Ilorin West local governments where all the markets are situated.
Kwara state government spends several millions of naira to have hygienic environment while every hand is on deck by the Ministry and it's Agency (KWEPA) to ensure clean environment, but the local government Environmental never allowed it to materialize, especially the opposition staff among them.
Truth must be told, there are some unscrupulous elements who call themselves Local government Environmentalists who go around to receive bribes from marketers and households especially in the markets; shortly after KWEPA environmental operational Department leave the market, the local government Environmentalists inturn go back to tell them that we are liers because of the usual N200 they collect from them.
A lot of cases that have caused non compliances on road Encroachment where the marketers pay for spaces on daily basis have been established despite the efforts of the Agency to ensure sanity. Ipata Market is a case study!
This is an opportunity to inform all the local government TIC to warn the Environmental Departments to stop the act of gross indecency.
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