Ogun State government has once again declared that its committed to creating and sustaining an environment that supports both industrial productivity and public safety remains unshakable.
Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Ola Oresanya stated this while delivering a keynote address at a two-day annual workshop for Health, Safety and Environment Officers of Industrial facilities in Ogun State organised by the Ogun State Waste Management Authority OGWAMA themed “Synergy, Standard and Solutions: Forging A New Era in Industrial Waste Management in Ogun State.
Represented by the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, Ministry of Environment, Mr. Akinbode Oresanya, said the workshop complemented the initiative of the Ministry which included upgrading environmental monitoring system across Industrial clusters, enhancing inspection protocols and regulatory enforcement, reviewing hazardous waste management guidelines to match international standards and strengthening collaboration with Industrial associations as well as environmental service providers.
He therefore called on participants to use the opportunity to synergise and formulate new practical solutions in collaboration with the State Government so that, together they could both forge a new era of industrial waste management that would benefit the environment, economy and residents of the State.
Declaring the workshop open, Special Adviser and Managing Director of Ogun State Waste Management Authority, OGWAMA, Hon. Abayomi Hunye, said the workshop was to avail the participants with the latest global Industrial waste management practices, saying that Ogun State blessed with the highest number of Industries could not afford to drop the ball, affirming the State government’s commitment to build a cleaner, safer and more sustainable ecosystem as the era of lax Industrial waste practices and management are over.
