Lagos
LASG shuts Ogba City Mall, Ajah market over poor sanitation
The Lagos State government has closed Ogba City Mall, Ikeja, and Ajah market, in Etti Osa, in its ongoing environment sanitation campaign of markets in the state.
A combined enforcement team of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (LASTMA) and Lagos Government Special Environmental Corps (KAI) carried out the exercise.
A statement by Director, Public Affairs of LAWMA, Mrs Folashade Kadiri, on Sunday in Lagos, said shanties and illegal traders’ structures around Ajah BRT corridor and Ajah Jubilee Bridge were also cleared by the enforcement team.
Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said the environmental enforcement exercise in the markets was in line with the administration’s onslaught on filth and indiscriminate waste disposal by markets and business facilities across the state.
He said. “We are stepping up action on this administration’s zero tolerance for filth and reckless waste disposal by traders and business facilities.
“We have continuously warned business owners to expect action if they refuse to do the needful to sustain the environment.”
Wahab assured that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration was committed in its pursuit of the lofty objective of a clean and healthy environment in the overriding public good.
On his part, Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, highlighted that the zero tolerance campaign was a continuous one, advising markets and business stakeholders to take steps to ensure a clean and hygienic premises.
“For the umpteenth time, we are encouraging all business owners and markets to shun filth and put measures in place to guarantee responsible waste disposal in their places of operation,” he said.
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