The Lagos State Government at the Weekend announced the commencement of full enforcement of the ban on usage and distribution of Styrofoam food containers all over the state.
Making the disclosure during a meeting with all market leaders in the state at the BlueRoof Alausa, Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab said the enforcement will start across all markets on Monday.
He added that enforcement officers from Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps/Kick Against Indiscipline, LAGESC/KAI, Environmental Health Officials and Lagos Waste Management Authority , LAWMA ,Police and the Ministry will go after all those having the styrofoams in their shops, stores or outlets and confiscate them.
Wahab emphasized that styrofoam usage had caused enough damage to the health of the residents and the state of the environment for so many years and that government is determined to encourage viable option for Styrofoam containers across the metropolis.
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He appealed to market leaders to be reminded that cleanliness is next to Godliness and as such they must ensure that a clean environment remains a priority always.
He added that the government is disturbed about the unsanitary habits in most of the markets across the state hence leading to the recent closure of some markets across the state.
He explained that government derives no pleasure in closing peoples’ businesses, emphasizing that some markets were in a sorry state because of the non challant attitude of the markets executives.
He also mentioned that there have been recent reports of government officials being attacked when they visit markets to inspect sanitation and enforce environmental laws.
At first in his remarks, the Special Adviser on Environment, Mr. Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu, charged market leaders with the responsibility of ensuring cleanliness in their respective market places, emphasizing that selling on the roads should be discouraged by everyone.
In his welcome address, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegeshin, Managing Director of the , LAWMA, stated that the meeting was necessary to outline the government’s position on effective waste management in all markets, in accordance with the current administration’s THEMES plus Agenda.
In her response, the Iyaloja General, Mrs. Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, representing the Iya
-oja,Lagos Island, Mrs. Risikat Abeje Lasisi said that they will ensure that market sanitation continues as a daily task that all market leaders will adopt.
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