Edo State Launches Environmental Compliance Corps

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has inaugurated a new Environmental Compliance Corps to enforce state environmental laws and promote public health.

The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Finance, Emmanuel Okoebor, charged the inaugural batch of 100 personnel to serve with professionalism, integrity, and respect for the law. He emphasized that a clean environment is both a social necessity and an economic imperative for the state.

The newly assented Edo State Environmental Waste Management and Pollution law provides the framework for the corps’ activities. According to the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Nosa Adams, the personnel have undergone a four-day training program and will be deployed across the state’s three senatorial districts to ensure compliance.