Agency warns against indiscriminate mounting of billboards
The Kwara Signage and Advertisement Agency (KWASAA) has warned the public against indiscriminate mounting of billboards in the state.Mr Omotayo Olorunshola, the newly appointed Director General of the agency, issued the warning in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Friday.
In the statement signed by the agency’s Press Secretary, Mr Abubakar Owolabi, the director general vowed to turn the fortunes of the KWASAA around. It said Olorunshola assumed duty on May 4, with a warning to the public against illegal erection of signage and vandalism of public infrastructures and utilities.
According to the statement, Olorunshola harped on the need for the agency to be restructured in order to meet the global signage and advertisement best practices. He emphasised that the agency, in line with the Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq policy of zero tolerance for corruption, indiscipline and dereliction of duty, must be resuscitated and made one of the major revenue sources for the government.“
KWASAA under my watch will regain its lost glory, we will in due course roll out numerous reforms that will enhance the activities of the agency and ensure optimal performance.“ The state government is relying on us to perform optimally, increase revenue accruable to the state, through signage and advertisement.“
We cannot afford to fail on our mandate and that is why we must double our efforts and work to increase our revenue generation strength.“ I also use this opportunity to read riot act to the general public to desist from illegal, indiscriminate mounting, erection and vandalization of signage and postage.“ We seriously frown at defacing of public infrastructures and utilities.“ We’ll be rolling out in due course for enforcement of the relevant enabling laws of the agency as it relates to sanitising the signage business in the state,” the statement read in part.
He however appealed to the state government to come to the rescue of the agency in providing some of the modern tools that would “ease, enable and enhance workings of the agency”.
It said that Olorunshola is a member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) and National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN). (NAN)
