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Clear Overgrown Weeds Around Your Properties Or Face Sanctions - OGSG


Owners of properties across the State have been called upon to ensure that their structures are not allowed to be overgrown with weeds and anyone found wanting would be sanctioned.

A Statement signed by the Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Bolaji Oyeleye stated that, owners or residents of bushy properties, who refused to clear them and keep the environment clean, could be sanctioned, as provided for in Section 36 of the State Environmental Management (miscellaneous) provisions Law of 2004.

The release stated that owners and residents of properties that are contiguous to highways across the State to clear overgrown weeds on the space between their properties and the highways or such other public roads, adding that this would improve visibility and help reduce frequent road mishaps.

According to the statement, ‘’the State found this measure necessary to ensure that our environment is kept clean, clear, nonconductive for vectors and vermins to thrive and unusable as hideouts by hoodlums and criminally minded people".

It stated further that, the government would not renege on its resolve and ongoing efforts at ensuring a safe and healthy environment for residents, calling for support and cooperation of all and sundry. 

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