world environment day

Effective Waste Management: Idris Animasaun score Temitope Glorious high on Municipal Waste Management

Kolapo Temitope Glorious has initiated a competition to win the Best LG (Local Government) of the Year award. His recent efforts in evacuating a significant volume of waste from the Olorunsogo bridge a few weeks ago clearly demonstrate the necessity of decentralizing waste management in the state. This initiative is part of a broader strategy […]

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THE CITIZENS HAVE A BIG ROLE TO PLAY IN SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT by Idris Animasaun

Often times, I have been at the forefront of advocacy for government to own up to her responsibilities in tackling the menace of waste collection which has bedeviled our environment in recent years. It is interesting to see how the Omituntun 2.0 is responding as they have moved from creating awareness on different radio and

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2024 International Day of Forests (IDF): Idris Animasaun writes Open Letter to Governor Seyi Makinde.

Today 21st of March 2024, the rest of the world is celebrating International Day of Forests (IDF). This is a day set aside by a proclamation made in 2012 by the United Nations General Assembly in an effort to celebrate and raise awareness for the importance of all types of forests. Countries across the world

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Re: Makinde Bans Street Trading

While I commend His Excellency for taking this bold step in sanitizing our environment, one would expect that this announcement was preceded by the provision of waste bins and receptacles across various markets, shopping malls, health care facilities, hospitals, shopping malls, churches, mosques, stadia, car-parks, bus terminals, and other public places in our collective efforts

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AN OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: #beatplasticpollution

The theme for this year’s world environment day is “Beat Plastic Pollution” which became necessary due to our planet being inundated by over 400 million tonnes of plastic with about half of that number designed to be used once. Plastic which has become part of our daily lives with variety of uses ranging from bottling

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