October 24, 2014 – The Lagos State Government has said that the monthly Environmental Sanitation exercise would hold on Saturday, October 25, 2014 between the hours of 7.00 am – 10am.
In a statement made available to Starconnect Media, Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello called on residents of Lagos to troop out in large numbers and actively participate in the statewide exercise, stressing that efforts should be further concentrated on the cleaning of drains, canals as well as maintain high level of environmental hygiene.
“We call on the people of the state to complement the effort of the State Government by cleaning tertiary drains/gutters in their frontages and neighborhood regularly and not only on monthly environmental sanitation days, but all days”.
He charged the citizens on the need to imbibe the culture of daily cleaning and sanitizing of their immediate environment so as to curb the spread of any communicable diseases.
Bello stressed that the administration of Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN has been in the fore front of the campaign for a healthy and cleaner environment, thus encouraging Lagosians to cultivate habits that would impact positively on the environment and desist from acts such as open defecating and urinating that degrade the environment.
He emphasized that the restriction on Human/vehicular movement between 7.00am-10.00am will be fully enforced and advised all vehicles and passengers to respect this order or risk facing prosecution according to the State Environmental Sanitation Laws as Law.
He said Law Enforcement Agents including Nigerian Police and officials from LASTMA and KAI have been fully mobilized to enforce the restriction of movement order.
Similarly, Lagosians are advised to embrace the Waste Management policy of the State Government through the patronage of LAWMA/PSP operators for the disposal of their solid waste.
The commissioner also warned residents who still patronize cart pushers to desist from this illegal act, stressing that it is inimical to the waste management policy of the State Government.
He said solid waste collected by cart pushers end up in canals, which eventually leads to flooding.
