By Bisola Adeyemo
Residents in Lagos state have been implored to inculcate the habit of disposing their wastes properly by using appropriately covered waste bins for containerisation.
Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA advised while revealing the agency plan to embark on a two-day enforcement operation.
The Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni said all illegal activities defacing the environment in Lagos city will be clear, VON reports.
LAWMA boss stressed that the exercise also involved the clearance of waste nuisance and dislodging of street trading from First Roundabout to Jakande axis, as well as Freedom Way entrance, on Lekki Epe expressway.
His word “Our enforcement team is carrying out a two-day campaign, which began on Thursday, January 20, 2022, to stem the tide of littering and defacing of the environment, ensuring that effective sanitation is sustained within the VI axis of the state”.
Odumboni said hawking and street trading had attracted all forms of gathering, including beggars, thus leading to high level of environmental degradation, including littering and open defecation.
Furthermore, Odumboni said the agency has various programmes and initiatives, aimed at achieving a consistently clean environment across the metropolis.
He, therefore, called on residents to support those efforts, by avoiding indiscriminate waste disposal and other vices.