BREAKING: Landlords to face prosecution for not providing toilets in Kwara houses

The Kwara State government has issued a three-month warning deadline to landlords and residents who fail to build toilets in their houses.

According to the government, defaulters have three months to provide toilets in their houses or be ready to face prosecution by mobile courts that would be set up for the task.

Speaking with newsmen in the state capital, the director in the state ministry of Environment, Gabriel Towoju, said on the expiration of the deadline, officers of the ministry would embark on inspection of households in the state to arrest violators.

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Moreso, Towoju also urged residents of the state to desist from dumping refuse in drainages, saying the habit constitutes health hazards and environmental degradation.

Also speaking, the president, Rotary Club Ilorin Metro, Yousef Sanders, said the donation of refuse bins as part of activities to mark the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project.

“We are trying to let people see why their environment should be clean, so they can be free from airborne diseases.”