Benin city – Market women and all traders in the market have been urged to immediately stop the payment of sanitation revenue to any agent from the council till further notice.
This directive was given by the Hon. Commissioner of Environment and public utilities Prince Clem Agba during a meeting with the leadership of the Market women Association yesterday in Benin City.
He noted that there was no basis for the local government to continue to collect the sanitation revenue since they no longer have the right to do so.
He added that the Local Government failed to live up to its responsibility by allowing heap of refuse to take over the markets despite collecting money for sanitation on daily basis from the market women.
Prince Clem stated that the intervention of the State Government is as a result of the failure of the Local Government Council to evacuate refuse from the market thereby exposing the people to sickness and disease resulting from unhealthy environment.
He called on the Leadership of the market to support State Government in ensuring the well being of the people of the state.
Prince Agba noted that after planning, the Ministry will inform the market women when to start paying adding that the Ministry of Environment and Public Utilities is now in charge of the Sanitation revenue collection from the various markets.