134 arrested for violating environmental sanitation laws in Nasarawa

No fewer than 134 people were arrested across 13 Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State on Saturday for violating the state’s environmental sanitation laws.
The arrests were made during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise on Saturday.
The Commissioner for Environment, Solid Minerals and Mining, Dr Margaret Elayo, disclosed this while addressing journalists after the exercise in Lafia.
Speaking through the General Manager of the Nasarawa State Environmental Protection Agency (NASEPA), Mr Iliya Yusuf-Adeka, the commissioner said compliance with the sanitation exercise improved in September compared with the previous month.
According to her, tricycle operators, who record...