Oyo State Government has disclosed that it has arrested and prosecuted no fewer than forty four (44) violators of street trading. The offenders were arrested along Agodi Secretariat, Ibadan North and Salvation Army/Ogunpa Ibadan NorthWest.
Others are; Anajere Market Academy, Iwo Road, in Lagelu and Egbeda Local Government Areas in Ibadan, the state capital.
The exercise, according to the state government, was carried out recently.
Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Rotimi Babalola made these disclosures in a statement made available to journalists recently.
Babalola in the statement said that the exercise was carried out in order to ensure that streets get more sanitised and environmental friendly.
He added that the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mrs Modupe Adeleye, mobilised a team of Directors of the Ministry and officers of Oyo State Road Transport Maintenance Agency (OYRTMA) and the Environmental Task Forces, for the enforcement in markets within Ibadan metropolis.
