Oyo Government Announces Restriction on Movement, as Monthly Sanitation Exercise Set to Hold Tomorrow

The Oyo State Government has announced that the monthly environmental Sanitation exercise would hold tomorrow, Saturday, 30th January, 2021

As contained in a statement issued and signed by the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Idowu Oyeleke, the sanitation exercise will hold between the hours of 6:00am and 9:00am and will entail a total restriction of both vehicular and human movement except for those on essential duties.


He also directed all the Chairmen of Local Government and Local Council Development Areas to ensure compliance in their respective domains as it is expected that citizens utilize the period to clean their surroundings

Oyeleke further urged all Directors of Environmental Health Services in the 33 Local Governments and 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) within the state to monitor the exercise as a matter of duty

The Commissioner therefore enjoined shop owners, market men and women, security operatives, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria( RTEAN) Tricycle Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria(TOOAN) Association of Commercial Motorcycle Riders of Nigeria ( ACCOMORAN) and the general public to comply with this directive.