Sept. 29, 2023
The Lagos State Government (LASG) on Friday announced a total ban on street trading, hawking, building of illegal structures on drainage setbacks and the display of wares on walkways across the state.
The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, made the announcement in a statement in Lagos.
Wahab said that the State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has been directed to strictly enforce compliance of the environmental Sanitation laws.
Meanwhile, the commissioner also effected the sealing up of Ladipo market in Mushin in the early hours of Friday following several environmental offences, including reckless waste disposal, unhygienic premises and non payment of waste bills, amongst others.
