Bayelsa Sanitation Authority arrests 37 defaulters

The Bayelsa State Environmental Sanitation Author­ity over the weekend ar­rested not less than 37 offenders for violating sanitation laws during the monthly sanitation exercise, even as the management has ar­raigned them before the sanitation court for trial.

The Chairman of the Sanitation Author­ity, Hon Robert Enogha, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists shortly after monitoring the exercise, said the of­fenders would be prose­cuted, while some would be liable to pay fine.

Enogha said further that no stone would be left unturned to enforce compliance with sanita­tion laws because, ac­cording to him, clean en­vironment is the bedrock of healthy living, which would in turn produce a productive workforce in both public and private sector.

He pointed out that no fewer than two trucks and two saloon cars were impounded, even as he enjoined Bayelsans to stop loitering on sanita­tion hours and spend quality time to clean drains, clear weeds and dispose their refuse properly.

Enogha, who called for attitudinal change towards the monthly exercise, evacuated ath­letes training at the Sam­son Siasia stadium and warned against sporting activities at the stadium during the monthly sanitation exercise in the state.