Monthly Sanitation Exercise Holds In Esan Central, 83 Persons Convicted
... cleanliness of our environment, is a priority -LG Boss
By: Oriaifoh Godwins
The Chairman, Esan Central Local Government, ECLG, area, Edo state, Rt. Hon. Kelvin Ainiyalenhimi Iyere, has retirated that the cleanliness of our environment cannot be compromised as it is one of the factors that guarantees good health of the people; adding that, a healthy population is a desireous population in Esan central local government area.
The Chairman of the local government made this remark on Saturday 26th July 2025, in Irrua, the headquarters of the local government area during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise.
Today, some offenders were apprehended by the law enforcement officers, including the Police, officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, and members of Edo state Security Corps, monitoring the exercise, and such persons were arraigned before the Mobile Court, where Magistrate R.L Igodan (Mrs) precided over adjudication.
The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy affairs Hon. Lucky Eseigbe, also briefly stopped over in Esan Central, as he was going round to monitor the exercise.
The Chairman, Esan Central Local Government Area, who commended the level of compliance of the people with the exercise, also expressed optimism that, as time goes on, the number of offenders will definitely reduce, saying; "...the sensitization activities, with respect to the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, is a continuous one".
According to Sanitarian Akhere Christina Egbele, the Head of Department, Environment, of Esan Central Local Government Area, in this month's Edo state monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise, a total of 83 Persons were apprehended and convicted in Esan Central local government area, by the Mobile Court, for various offences in flouting the sanitation exercise.
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