Lagos State Sanitation 28th Feb. 2015

The first Lagos State Monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise for the year comes up on Saturday 28th February 2015, between 7.00am – 10.00am, with the attendant restriction of vehicular and human activities across the state.

It could be recalled that the first sanitation exercise for the year could not come up in order to allow Lagosians collect their Permanent Voters Card (PVC).

Tunji Bello however observed that so much waste have been generated since the last exercise, as such Lagosians should dedicate this month exercise towards massive cleaning and evacuation of domestic waste and cleaning of tertiary drains in their respective neighbourhood.

As we gradually approach the rainy season, Tunji Bello said, we all need to troop out in large numbers and actively participate in this month’s sanitation exercise, in order to clear whatever backlog of domestic waste that have been generated through the cleaning of our homes, drains, and totality of our environment, as this hold the key to a healthy living and sustainable environment.

The Commissioner for the Environment advised Lagosians to rightly dispose their waste and warned residents who still patronize cart pushers to desist from this illegal act as whoever does this will be prosecuted.

The Commissioner enjoined Lagosians to shun acts that could contribute to flooding, saying that “people should not dump waste in unauthorized places like canals and drainage channels. This is how we can all help the deflooding programme of the state government to succeed”

He emphasized that the State Government remains unwavering in its commitment to a clean, hygienic and flood free environment and therefore urged Lagosians to desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse into drains and unapproved sites especially now that global warming has broken nation’s barriers and boundaries on environmental matters.

“As a responsive and responsible government that wants succor for its citizenry, we urge all and sundry to rise up and take sanitation of their environment very important as this is one of the practical measures that can guarantee a flood free Lagos”, he added.

To ensure full participation as well as total compliance to the restriction order, Mr. Tunji Bello warned Private /Commercial vehicle operators, interstate Bus Operators, State Transport Owners and Road Transport Workers Association to comply with the restriction of vehicular movement order between 7.00am-10.00am as any vehicle caught would be dealt with appropriately, while passengers in such vehicles would also be prosecuted according to the State Sanitation Laws.

He also warned youths who play Football on the State Highways and Roads during Sanitation Exercise to desist from such act, as it is against the sanitation laws of the state

He further assured that Law Enforcement Agencies including Nigerian Police and officials from LAWMA, LASTMA and KAI had been fully mobilized to enforce the non-restriction of movement order and warned that violators would be prosecuted according to the State Sanitation Laws.

Fola Adeyemi
Ministry of the Environment

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