Nasarawa State Government has shut down three motor parks and arrested 27 officials of National Union of Roads Transport Workers, NURTW, for violating sanitation laws.
The state Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources Mr Musa Ibrahim stated this while briefing newsmen on the monthly environmental sanitation in Lafia the Nasarawa State capital.
Mr Musa Ibrahim said operators of motor parks had been in the habit of flouting environmental sanitation laws in the state as they continued to open their motor parks for passengers during the exercise.
He stated that the state government would continue to strengthen the Environmental Sanitation Mobile Courts in the state and relevant agencies to ensure residents comply fully with the exercise for cleanliness.
Among the arrested sanitation offenders who had been prosecuted by a mobile court is the Financial Secretary of a Mass Transit Bus Terminal in Lafia metropolis Mallam Hashimu Jadda.