Queue at the filing station The President, Petroleum Products Retailers Owners of Nigeria( PETROAN), Dr Billy Gills Harry, says the reduction of the product, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) is good for the nation'struggling economy, as it would help in soften the difficult situations posed by the sharp rise in the price of petroleum products. While reacting to the issue through a statement issued and signed to the NEWSMIRROR yesterday, Harry said that the slight reversal of the price by NNPCL shows that the government is committed to the alleviation of the problems of the masses. According to him, the reduction in the price per litre of Petrol Motoring Spirit( PMS) from N1,020 per litre to N899 per litre is good, adding that the country will soon get over its problem, if the readjustment of the economy continues. Also, PETROAN's Public Relation Officer, Dr Joseph Obele said that Dangote Petroleum Refinery had earlier started the r...
Residents of Ijaye, Ido, Olowo-Igbo, Iseyin and Ibarapa all in Oyo state, should desist from drinking contaminated water around them, the state's Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Abiodun Oni, has said.
He spoke in Ibadan, the state capital, while enlightening indigenes on the dangers of drinking unsafe water as well as using it for other domestic activities.
According to him, a truck conveying chemical substances recently emptied its content into a drainage that was eventually washed into the streams passing through the five communities
The truck, Oni said, was involved in an accident at Iroko-Oyo highway, while conveying substances presumed to be soap making chemicals.
Continuing further, he said that the soap making chemicals which fell off into the drainage ended up contaminating the streams passing through the five communities, hence the need to warn residents against drinking the water.
He advised farmers who planted their cash crops within the affected areas ditto fishermen operating in the rivers and streams suspend every activity, pending the time the water is tested and thereafter considered safe for consumption.
The government, Oni said, is on top of the situation as the Ministry has dispatched some of its workers to the affected areas to monitor the situation while at the same time, conducting tests on the water in order to find out whether its good for domestic use or not.
Oni said: “The state government will continue to ensure that the ecosystem is protected in the state” he added
Citizens should take responsibility by not disposing chemical substances and other biodegradable items carelessly.
“Furthermore, they should jettison the bad culture of dumping wastes into drainages as they eventually find their ways into streams and rivers and eventually make up their way in the food chain process as such posing threats to all humans”.
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