Your waste management strategy is not yielding positive results – Group tells Makinde

An Oyo State-based lobby group, Better Oyo Movement (BOM), has revealed that the waste management strategy employed by Governor Seyi Makinde's administration is not yielding positive results.

The band made the revelation on Monday.

DAILY POST earlier reported how heaps of rubbish had taken over some major roads and streets in Ibadan.

BOM in a statement signed by its chairman, Dr. Femi Fakunle and secretary, engineer Tunji Hammed, alleged that Makinde has failed to maintain the pace of public waste management instituted by the administration Ajimobi for 8 years.

The group noted that this is the main cause of the crisis in the waste management sector in the state.

The group noted that the shutdown of neighborhood trash pickup contractors is leading to a buildup of trash across the state.

They added that such a development posed a danger to members of the public.

“A check of neighborhoods in metropolitan Ibadan shows an avalanche of filth, which has accumulated for months due to the government stopping licensed garbage contractors from picking it up, despite the fact that these services are not free, because the neighborhoods pay them well.

“Heaps of trash abound in neighborhoods, capable of posing serious threats to the health and vitality of residents, if left unchecked.

“The current poor state of our environment, now that the heavy rains have begun, provides a glimpse into the cosmetic management of waste disposal by the Makinde government and the resulting poor execution of road contracts, in the whole state," the group said.