BREAKING: Ladipo Market Reopens After Shutdown Spell

• LADIPO market had been shutdown over environmental care concerns.

Ladipo Auto-spare Parts Market in Mushin has been reopened for business following a directive from the Lagos State Government on Saturday.

After Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) said there is substantial compliance with rules and regulations by the traders to sustain a clean and hygienic environment in the market, the market is now free to open for business.

Recall that the market was shutdown in July after several warnings and notices for sundry environmental infractions, including improper waste disposal and several unhygienic practices.

There has also been violent scenes that left three dead in early July.

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A release signed by the Head of Public Affairs, LAWMA, Mr. Hakeem Akinleye, said the market was reopened after the demands set for the resumption of business activities were met.

Akinleye also added that the leadership of the market has signed an undertaken not to breach any waste management law.

Stating further that the Authority would not condone any form of indiscriminate waste dumping and other environmental infractions, especially at market facilities across the State, Akinleye noted that such acts had occasioned negative consequences on the environment and residents.

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Akinleye maintained that LAWMA would continue to monitor the situation at Ladipo market and other marketplaces to ensure full compliance with the environmental laws of the State, warning that the Authority would clamp down on errant shopping centres, whose activities pose dangers to the environment.

Akinleye, however, appealed to residents to imbibe the attitude of keeping the environment clean at all times by bagging their wastes and patronising assigned PSP operators.