Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has ordered the immediate stoppage of waste disposal on medians, along highways and other unapproved places by residents.
Henceforth, he said the permissible system of waste disposal was that residents use refuse collection drums and register with refuse collectors assigned to their areas.
This directive was contained in a statement by Mr Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to the governor.
Decrying the penchant for indiscriminate waste disposal across the state as disturbing, Makinde said he had directed relevant agencies to ensure strict compliance with environmental sanitation laws.
While noting that the state government had begun evacuating existing waste on road medians and other unapproved places, he said that the state government will not hesitate to invoke the full arm of extant laws on person or groups of people that flout environmental sanitation laws.
Arguing that indiscriminate refuse disposal was a major cause of flooding, building collapse, and other devastating disasters, he said residents must desist from such acts to prevent disasters.