Following the expiration of the seven day ultimatum against roadside trading, Oyo State government Wednesday began to clampdown on roadside traders in Ibadan.
The exercise to enforce the executive order spanned the Challenge-Agodi gate axis of Ibadan.
During the exercise, the task force of the state Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources seized some wares and goods which filled four pickup vans.
State Commissioner of Environment and Natural Resources, Mr Idowu Oyeleke, who led the enforcement team, assured that the exercise will continue on a daily basis.
He added that the team will continue to make round trips with its vehicles to continuously seize items.
Speaking further, he decried the environmental nuisance constituted by the roadside traders as one detrimental to the lives of traders and buyers.
“The enforcement will continue, will be on a daily basis until we get full compliance. Anybody found displaying goods by the roadside will have the goods seized. By the time we start removing their goods, it will serve as a deterrent to others,” Oyeleke said
