Residents of Benin City, the Edo State capital, today, turned out in their numbers to observe the newly reintroduced monthly environmental sanitation.
Governor Monday Okpebholo reintroduced the sanitation exercise, more than eight years after it was discontinued by the immediate past administration of Godwin Obaseki.
A visit to various parts of the Benin metropolis shows appreciable compliance to the exercise by residents.
Restrictions in both human and vehicular movements were observed, as men of the Nigeria Police Force and those of the Edo State Security Corps mounted road blocks on highways to ensure compliance to restriction of movement.
Some residents who bared their minds on the exercise commended governor Monday Okpebholo for reintroducing the exercise.
At the Ikpoba-Hill axis of Benin City, some residents called on government to expand its sanitation coverage by increasing utility vehicles met for evacuation of refuse dump, to avoid inhaling of bad breath and guide against illness.
Meanwnhile, Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Dennis Idahosa has assured that the government would improve on the conduct of the monthly sanitation, to ensure Edo becomes one of the cleanest states in Nigeria.
He gave the assurance in Benin City, shortly after flagging off the exercise and monitoring compliance across the state capital.
The deputy governor cautioned residents that government was fully ready to implement the no movement policy within the hours of the Sanitation, which is from 7am to 10am.
Mr. Idahosa taxed residents to desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse, to avoid littering the environment and blocking drains.
The deputy governor, who is the chairman, Edo State Environment Committee, together with his team, visited Ring Road, Oluku, Third, New Benin, Uselu, and Sapele Road axes of Benin, where offenders were arrested and taken to Mobile Court for prosecution.
