The Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State on Saturday reprimanded 75 persons for violating the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the metropolis.
They were restricted and subjected to cleaning and clearing the premises of the council’s secretariat as punishment.
The council’s Supervisor for Environment, Mr Omawumi Elete, told the newsmen in Warri that the decision was in line with the strict enforcement of the restriction of movement order by the council while the exercise lasted.
Elete said that the exercise was meant to scale up the directive of the state government and the policy by the council’s Chairman, Dr Michael Tidi, toward achieving a cleaner environment in the metropolis.
Also, Mrs Stella Mode, Head of Department (HoD), Environment, Warri South, said that the exercise was successful, adding that the awareness yielded good results.
“People are beginning to imbibe the culture of cleaningness. Those caught flaunting the sanitation exercise were restricted and warned accordingly,” she said.
Meanwhile, Mr Justice Afor, Zonal Commander, Anti-Cult Volunteer Corps, has commended the council’s chairman for involving them in the monitoring of the sanitation exercise and pledged the corps continuous support.
It will be recall that Tidi had vowed to punish any violator of the environmental laws.
He also warned that those caught disposing waste indiscriminately would be prosecuted according to the law.