Protest: Don't Burn Tyre on the Road, Environmental Health Association Urges Nigerians

The President, Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter, Sanitarian, Tijani Abiodun Adegoke has urged protesters not to burn tyres on the roads as the smoke that will be coming out of it is not environmentally friendly.

In a statement issued and signed in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital. 

He also said ashes from the burnt tyres eroding to the water sources can lead to water related disease which according to the president is risky at the period the nation is battling prevention of cholera outbreak, including air pollution.

According to him ,"We come out to discourage unnecessary burning of tyres on our roads as the smoke that will be coming out of this is not Environmentally friendly, Majority may be prone to respiratory infections, washing away the ashes from the burns tyres eroding into our water sources can lead to waterborne related diseases, especially this period the whole country is battling prevention of cholera outbreaks, including the Air pollution, Prevention is better than cure". He warned 

He admonished people to be conscious of their environment and prevent any act or things that can pose a threat to the Environment.

Sanitarian Tijani said"  while we know and believe in the right to peaceful assembly as protected by the Constitution Of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as ammended, we also know that constructive agreement is the most important ingredient of democracy”.

He  then condemned burning of houses, vehicles and other materials which can cause Environmental pollution, climate change and destruction of aesthetic value of the Environment.