The Lagos State Government has shut Ogba City Mall, Ikeja and Ajah Market, Eti-Osa, for waste management offences.
The enforcement teams of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA); State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences, LASTMA and LAGSEC (KAI) carried out the operation.
Also, shanties and illegal trading structures around the Ajah BRT corridor, and Ajah Jubilee Bridge, were removed by the enforcement team.
In a statement by the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, the action continues the administration’s effort to rid the state of filth and indiscriminate waste disposal in markets and business facilities around the state.
“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. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration will not relent in it’s pursuit of this lofty objective for overriding public good.”
Also speaking, the Managing director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, advised markets and business stakeholders, to take steps to ensure clean and hygienic premises.
The LAWMA boss said, “For the umpteenth time, we are encouraging all business owners and the markets, to shun filth and put measures in place, to guarantee responsible waste disposal in their places of operation.”
Gbadegesin warned that enforcement action would surely reach the doorstep of defaulters, urging them to play by the rules.
