I’ll address Oyo’s notoriety for environmental filth - Ajimobi

Written by Dare Adekanmbi Monday, 06 June 2011

Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has said his administration will soon unveil a blueprint  that will remove the robe of filth and rubbles on the state and ensure sustainable environment.

Ajimobi made this known in a speech to mark the 2011 World Environmental Day tagged Forests: In Your Service  held at Agodi Gardens, Ibadan, on Sunday.

The governor said the plan, which would be carried out in accordance with the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), would contain an integrated strategy to address the challenges of refuse disposal, urban degradation, public transportation, tourism and security of lives and property.

He lamented that rather than use the forest as a resource for projection and protection of mankind, nature had been imperiled through uncontrolled exploitation of the forest in illegal tree felling, unauthorised game hunting and bush burning.

“Our state has, over the years, acquired an undeserved notoriety and type as comprising a people who care less about their environment.

Ibadan, our state capital, whose indescribable aesthetics arrested the legendary poet, John Pepper Clark and pushed him to pen the poetry of its beauty, has relapsed into becoming a city that is denigrated as occupying the first position among cities of filth and rubbles. This is unacceptable to this administration,” he said.

He implored the people of the state to prioritise the sanitation of their houses and neighbourhood, adding that the resultant effect would make the state book an enviable position in environmental cleanliness.

shagaman:

Honestly Ajimobi has alot to do, The earlier he starts the better,

tom28:

I wonder why the dirty places in Nigeria are located only in the South west .Whats it with Yorubas and dirt.Their girls are dirty and so are their men.I have come across some yoruba girls wearing G-strings they havent washed for over a month.Even Abokis(HAUSAS) for all their stup1d1ty and religious fanatism still have the decency to be neat so why not Yorubas?

tom28:

I wonder why the dirty places in Nigeria are located only in the South west .Whats it with Yorubas and dirt.Their girls are dirty and so are their men.I have come across some yoruba girls wearing G-strings they havent washed for over a month.Even Abokis(HAUSAS) for all their stup1d1ty and religious fanatism still have the decency to be neat so why not Yorubas?

tom28:

And another thing i have noticed among Yorubas especially in Akure is that they are fond of taking a poo poo in polythene bags and throwing the shite out of the window.Cleaniness is next to Godliness
wise up!

playboy19:

Here we go again, not-so-smart brain.

hasyak:

-5

hasyak:

must u rain insults b4 u make a contribution? Its just too much. Who knows if u wont end up marrying a yoruba or ur child doing same.

tom28:

I wonder why the dirty places in Nigeria are located only in the South west .Whats it with Yorubas and dirt.Their girls are dirty and so are their men.I have come across some yoruba girls wearing G-strings they havent washed for over a month.Even Abokis(HAUSAS) for all their stup1d1ty and religious fanatism still have the decency to be neat so why not Yorubas?

armyofone:

one thing i don't like is the way they do the trading. i thot there should be a market place. every side of the road is being raided by traders. such a sad sight  

mostojr:

I just moved to Ibadan from Lagos and I must confess that the town is dirty.
People here are ages behind.
Driving from Lagos to Ibadan is like a trip into the past. I've already sworn my children will not grow up in this town. I'll rather take them to my village in the east. At least we are way cleaner.

playboy19:

The last time i was in Ibadan, the whole street has been acquired by banks, with this mud house still there not complementing the whole area and we say we want development. The whole city need to be reorientated