The Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency, DSCTDA, has promised to prosecute landlords and business owners who flout the sanitation laws of the state.
In a statement signed by the Director General, DSCTDA, Hon. Patrick Ukah, the agency revealed that the services of mobile courts in accordance with the provisions of the law to prosecute defaulters had been secured.
The DG also added that five environmental mobile courts have been assigned to the agency to sit in Asaba, Okpanam/Issele-Azagba, Ibusa, Okwe and Ugbolu respectively.
He further stated that the magistrate at Okpanam mobile court would soon start prosecuting landlords, occupiers and business owners who stay in the premises that violate the sanitation laws.
He said the agency has commenced the inspection of all residential and business premises within the capital territory and its environs.
He recalled that a seven-day reminder notice was previously issued, a sequel to the 21 days’ notice earlier issued to residents, landlords and business owners in the capital territory to clear their surroundings, had also expired.
Additionally, a street to street, house to house, public sensitization announcement across the major towns in Asaba, Okpanam, Ibusa, Okwe and Ugbolu was conducted.
