Fayose issues ultimatum to Ekiti landlords

 

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, on Friday issued a two-month ultimatum to landlords whose houses are without toilets in any part of the state to make amends or be prosecuted.

Fayose declared this while featuring on his monthly Radio and Television programme tagged ‘meet your governor’ in Ado-Ekiti, that landlords must provide toilets in their houses before the end of February 2015.

He warned that at the expiration of the ultimatum, landlords that failed to provide toilets in their houses would face prosecution.

The governor said same penalty awaited tenants who knowingly or unknowingly rented such houses with no toilet facilities.

“If by the end of February 2015, we still have landlords who built or live in houses without  toilet facilities, such landlords will be apprehended and be made to face prosecution under the state’s environmental law.

“I also want to add that tenants who rented such  houses stand the risk of facing similar penalty with their landlords,” he said.

The governor condemned the way and manner some residents of the state, especially those in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, still engaged in poor attitudes such as open defecation and indiscriminate dumping of refuse.

He promised that his government would provide basic amenities to ensure good health and clean environment.

He disclosed that his government had mapped out strategies aimed at providing quality water and other social amenities under the 2015 budget, which he warned may be sabotaged if people refused to imbibe principles of hygiene and discipline.

He also called for more support from the people to be able to deliver all the electioneering promises that he made during the campaign.