The Edo State Government has announced cancelation of tomorrow’s [Saturday, April 26, 2025], environmental sanitation exercise.
247nextnews.com reports that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Umar Musa Ikhilor, had in a statement dated March 15, 2025, announced the reintroduction of the monthly exercise, with this Saturday as the commencement date.
Ikhilor, however, in a statement late Friday night, announced the cancelation of this Saturday’s exercise was canceled over concerns of candidates sitting for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The statement reads:
“The Further to our earlier announcements dated March 15, 2025 and April 22, 2025 respectively on the reintroduced Monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise in Edo State scheduled to hold on Saturday April 26, 2025, the general public is hereby informed of the cancellation of the exercise by the State Government.
“The cancellation is premised on the concerns of candidates sitting for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) which commenced on Thursday April 24, 2025 across the country.
“Despite the cancellation, all Edo residents are encouraged to keep their immediate environments clean. Consequently, the reintroduced exercise will commence on the last Saturday of May, 2025 across the State between 7:00 am and 10:00 am.
“The State Government remains committed to ensuring a safer, healthier and cleaner environment for Edo residents. Esq. Secretary to the State Government.”
