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LAWMA Intensifies Crackdown On Dirty Lagos Markets, Shuts Plazas Around Tejuosho Market

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has sealed several plazas around Tejuosho Market, Yaba, for environmental offences including improper waste disposal and trading activities obstructing free flow of traffic, among others.

The authority carried out the exercise on Thursday.

The action came a day after LAWMA shut the Oke-Odo Market, near Ile-Epo, Abule Egba, and three days after it sealed Oyingbo and Alayabiagba markets.

During the latest enforcement exercise, the agency shut plazas situated around Mobil Filling Station down to the left and right sections of the popular Okrika market.

LAWMA officials sealing plazas around Tejuosho Market, Yaba, Lagos

According to the Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, the plazas were found to be in violation of several critical environmental regulations, which include indiscriminate dumping of waste on road median, use of road setbacks for trading activities, impeding free flow of traffic, and operation of illegal motor parks in the area.

“Under our policy of zero tolerance for environmental infractions, LAWMA is totally committed to maintaining high environmental standards across the state. The ongoing enforcement actions are part of our broader efforts to sanitise markets, highways and public spaces, to acceptable standards,” he said.

LAWMA officials sealing plazas around Tejuosho Market, Yaba, Lagos

Gbadegesin called on all stakeholders, including market associations, traders, and residents, to cooperate with Authority, in ensuring that markets adhere to established environmental guidelines, adding that collaborative effort was crucial in creating an alluring cityscape that adequately supports commerce and the well-being of the people.

“As LAWMA continues to monitor and enforce compliance with environmental regulations, it is required that the affected plazas will quickly effect necessary improvements to meet required standards, before they can be reopened for business activities,” he stated.

Improper waste disposal around Tejuosho Market, Yaba, Lagos

In a statement, LAWMA said the ongoing enforcement action is part of a larger campaign by the agency to improve sanitation conditions in markets across Lagos.

Philip Ibitoye

Philip Ibitoye is a journalist who boasts more than five years of experience reporting the news. He is an Editor at Eko Hot Blog.

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