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The Nasarawa government has set up mobile courts across the 13 Local Government Areas (LGAs), and 18 local council development areas of the state, to prosecute violators of its monthly sanitation law.

The sanitation law demands that residents clean their homes and neighbourhoods every last Saturday of the month.

Speaking with reporters on Saturday, Abubakar Mohammed, chief prosecutor at the Nasarawa state ministry of environment and natural resources, said the courts would ensure the proper enforcement of the sanitation law.

He said Lafia and Karu council areas have three mobile courts each for administrative convenience.

Mohammed expressed satisfaction and applauded traditional rulers, chairmen of area councils, and security agencies for the success of the exercise.

He added that up to 90 percent of residents complied with the law by locking up their shops and businesses to clean their surroundings.

“We allowed those on essential services to move around during the exercise, though,” NAN quoted Mohammed as saying.

Mohammed further said 42 persons were arrested and prosecuted in Lafia LGA by the mobile court for violating the sanitation law.