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Flood: Kwara Assembly flays indiscriminate dumping of refuse

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The Kwara House of Assembly has frowned at the indiscriminate dumping of refuse on drainages, predisposing the state to flood.

This followed the adoption of a Motion on Notice titled “Need to Control Indiscriminate Dumping of Refuse on Drainages to Mitigate Flood in the state”, raised by the Chairman, House Committee on Health and Environment, Mr Razaq Owolabi (APC/Share-Oke Ode).

Owolabi, while leading the debate on the motion, drew the attention of his colleagues on the city currently littered with heaps of refuse at Kulende, Taiwo, Ipata and Oja Oba areas, among others.

He pointed out that the state is among the states prone to flood during this rainy season as predicted by the National Metrological Agency (NEMA.

He tasked the citizens of the state to be patriotic by avoiding unacceptable environmental practices.

Contributing, Mr Lawal Salihu (APC/Malete-Ipaye-Oloru) and other lawmakers attributed the collapse of culvert linking Shao-Malete in Moro Local Government Area of the state to drainage blockade occasioned by poor refuse disposal.

They enjoined residents to always evacuate drainages to guard against flooding.

Reading the resolutions of the House, the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Salihu (APC/Ilesha-Gwanara), urged Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to direct the state Ministry of Environment to equip Environmental Health Officers on enforcement of penalties.

He advised the ministry to ensure strict enforcement of penalties against anyone found culpable of environmental laws violation.

The speaker called for collaboration between government and religious leaders to intensify advocacy and public enlightenment campaign to reduce flood disaster.

 

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Osun Poly Student, Olanrewaju Olatona killed by hit-and-run one-way driver

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A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.

The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.

Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.

 

Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.

The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.

Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.

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Unknown Gunmen Abduct Channelstv Reporter In Port-harcourt

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April 12, 2024

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Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.

The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.

 

Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.

Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.

His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.

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