AKURE CHOKES: Residents decry 5-week toxic odour, demand action
The government said preliminary findings had ruled out the Ala River as the source, describing the situation as “purely a case of air pollution arising from the release of certain organic compounds into the atmosphere.—We don’t know the source yet, Ondo govt says By Dayo Johnson, Akure AKURE: Residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital, have raised concerns over a persistent offensive odour that has enveloped parts of the metropolis for more than five weeks, urging the state government to urgently identify its source and address the situation.
In a statement signed by Henry Johnson Olagundoye on behalf of the Commissioner for Environment, Dr Tob Loko, the government said a team of professionals and environmental consultants had been constituted to investigate the source and nature of the odour.
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