{"id":3635,"date":"2026-10-29T18:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/osun-to-recruit-road-sweepers-for-sanitation\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T18:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:46:03","slug":"osun-to-recruit-road-sweepers-for-sanitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/osun-to-recruit-road-sweepers-for-sanitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Osun to recruit road sweepers for sanitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Osun State Government on Thursday announced plans to engage able-bodied men and women as ad hoc road sweepers to enhance sanitation across the state.\n<\/p>\n<p>The state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Osogbo on behalf of the Osun Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation. Alimi said the initiative is to strengthen environmental sanitation exercises across designated areas of the state.\n<\/p>\n<p>He said the recruitment is open to medically fit, able-bodied men and women who are residents of the areas where they intend to work.\n<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cApplicants must be at least 30 years of age, medically fit and resident in their preferred areas of assignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe designated areas include Akoda-Abere, Ataoja-Ogo-Oluwa, Olaiya-Old Garage, Igbonna-Ayetoro, Power Line-Ota-Efun and Kobongbogboe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther areas are Ataoja-Dele Yes Sir, Stadium-Testing Ground and Ilesa Garage, as well as Oke-Fia-Dada Estate, Dele Yes Sir-Lameco and Oroki Housing Estate. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cInterested applicants are required to submit application letters to the General Manager, Osun Waste Management Agency, at its office located at the former Boreepo House, West By-Pass, Ring Road, Osogbo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the deadline for submission of applications is Thursday, November 12, 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner added that the recruitment is expected to support routine road sweeping and complement the state\u2019s efforts to promote a cleaner, healthier and safer environment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApplicants have been advised to ensure that they meet the stated requirements and reside within the areas where they seek to be deployed,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>The PUNCH had reported that Governor Ademola Adeleke declared Thursday of every week as Environmental Sanitation Day throughout the state.\n<\/p>\n<p>During the weekly exercise, offices, markets, shopping malls and homes, among other public places, are to be swept clean between 8am and 10am.\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Osun State Government on Thursday announced plans to engage able-bodied men and women as ad hoc road sweepers to enhance sanitation across the state. The state Commissioner for Information&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}