Indiscriminate refuse dump: Environmentalists, residents seek tougher measures in Ogun

In December 2024, the Commissioner for Environment successful Ogun state, Mr Ola Oresanya described the authorities arsenic 1 of the cleanest states successful Nigeria.

Oresanya made the assertion during a two-day nutrient and beverages accumulation held astatine the fashionable Skating Ground, Panseke, Abeokuta.

“Ogun State is environmentally-friendly. In the country of cleanliness, determination has been a large alteration successful the authorities since the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led medication came into power. In fact, the full Ogun metropolis is neat”, helium said.

Fast guardant to January 2026, indiscriminate disposal of garbage by residents is rapidly raising interest successful the state.

The streets are telling a communicative of neglect with piles of trash sitting connected large roads and blocking the gutters.

Gift Oba, successful this study discovered that contempt laws prohibiting it, indiscriminate dumping of discarded remains a pervasive occupation dilatory turning the Gateway State into a corridor of decay.

Driving done the Panseke axis successful the Abeokuta South Local Government Area of the state, these heaps are intelligibly displayed similar goods for sale. From panseke to Kolobo, Iyana Oluwo, Fowobi, with a chromatic propulsion to Sodubi then, to the Abeokuta Girls Grammar School (AGGS), Iyana Oloke down to Ojere, the entranceway of each streets mentioned tells a tales of indiscriminate garbage dump, turning into an oculus sore. The roadworthy median strips present turn ungraded alternatively of flow...