The information reaching this medium have it that most of the billboards in major areas of ilorin metropolis will soon be removed.

It would be recalled the Commissioner of Environment, Hon. Justus Sayo Amos through one Bilewn Babatunde. A, had recently written to the Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency (KWASAA) demanding the removal billboards.

According to Fresh Insight a letter dated on the 8th January, 2019 reads "It has been observed that the billboards presently constitute Environmental menace within ilorin and degrade the city's aesthetics, especially along Unity road, Taiwo road, Murtala Muhammed way, Sango road, Ajase-Ipo road, Ahmadu Bello way among others.

"In view of the above therefore, you're required to ensure their removal within the next 7 days from the day of this letter, without which legal actions would be taken accordingly" it stressed.

However, while the letter failed to state the exact reasons behind planned removal, according to an impeccable source who was privy to the behind the scene happenings, he described the directive as a "fallout of the complaint against the proliferation the Ó TÓ GÉ signage, which is giving the ruling party sleepless nights.

"The removal order is targeted at the APC, they're the most active party in terms of outdoor advertisement and the signage exposure is giving the opposition an undue edge over the ruling party, with the billboard winning sympathy for the opposition" he stressed.


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