Voluntary Policing Sector asked to sensitise public on Sanitation

...warns against illegal dumping of refuse

AgegePulse Magazine

The Executive Chairman of Agege, Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi, has urged members of the Voluntary Policing Sector, VPS, to sensitise workers, and residents of the area on sanitation.

Egunjobi gave this advice when the group visited him in his office on Thursday afternoon.

The Chairman, who was represented by the Secretary to the Local Government, SLG, Hon. Gbenga Abiola, said the current state of sanitation issue in Lagos State called for all hands to be on deck, saying government needed the support of the public to ensure a cleaner Lagos.      

According to Abiola, "Cleanliness, as they say, is next to godliness. I urge you to sensitise the public on the need to stop indiscriminate refuse disposal in Agege, and keep their environments clean.

"The government cannot do it alone. We count on organisations such as yours to help us spread the gospel and sensitise the public on hygiene, sanitation and the negative implication of dumping refuse indiscriminately."    

VPS members at the meeting include the Divisional Police Officer of Isokoko Police Station, SP Ayuba, while on the side of the Local Government are; SA on Environment to the Chairman, Mr. Morufu Omodele, Supervisor for Environment, Hon. Jelili Olanrewaju and a staff of the Council, Mr. Babatunde Atiku.