The Lagos State Government has proposed
plans to cancel restriction during the monthly environmental sanitation by the end of the year.
“Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, in line with
his responsive government, hopes to discontinue restriction during the
monthly environmental sanitation exercise,” he said.
He said (according to Punch) the governor believed that as
the fifth biggest economy in Africa, Lagos State should function round
the clock, adding that the government could no longer afford to keep
shutting down the megacity because of sanitation. The commissioner added that the state
had issued a seven-day notice with effect from Thursday to some markets
across the state for violating environmental laws.
The markets include Sura, Itafaji,
Oke-Odo, Sangrouse, Bariga, Ajah Ultra-Modern, Agbalaka, Aiyetoro, Sabo
and Ita-elewa in Ikorodu. Adejare said the markets would be shut if the traders failed to comply with relevant laws regarding sanitation.
The commissioner explained that the
government had zero tolerance for street trading and all environmental
abuses that would hinder the state’s cleanliness up to a level
comparable with its peers anywhere in the world. Adejare noted that illegal trading in
some of the markets, on the highways, walkways and setbacks, if not
checked, could further compound the traffic problem in the state.
“Off-loading of goods and market activities are strictly to take place henceforth only within the markets,’’ he said.
He also appealed to illegal traders
around the new Oyingbo market, who had been given space inside the new
market by the state government, to make use of the ultra-modern facility
responsibly and stop trading outside the premises of the market.
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