By Usman Aliyu
Ilorin, April 11, 2018 (NAN) Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency (KWASAA) has directed the owners of billboards and signboards recently damaged by rainstorm in Ilorin to repair them to guarantee safety of motorists and other road users.
The agency General Manager, Alhaji Ahmed Olufadi, said in a statement in Ilorin that this was to avoid the danger associated with the neglect of the damaged signboards and billboards by the roadside.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that rainstorm had last week destroyed property worth millions of naira in Ilorin including electricity poles, school buildings, places of worship, billboards and other public utilities.
Olufadi said that the agency would not tolerate neglect of the damaged billboards.
He urged the outdoor practitioners, first party structure owners, religion bodies and non-government organisations to urgently repair their damaged billboards for safety of people and beauty of the state.
The general manager also urged the public to always adhere to the rudiments of the Outdoor Advertisement Law while erecting their billboards to conform with the agency’s standard. (NAN)
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Edited by Gregory Mmaduakolam/Olagoke Olatoye
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