‘Zero Tolerance:’ Lagos Begins Total Clampdown On Alcohol Sales In Motor Parks, Street Trading

Eko Hot Blog reports that The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), has reaffirmed the state’s  stance on prohibiting the sale of alcohol, street trading, and hawking in areas such as roadsides, setbacks, medians, major highways, parks, and garages.

This is as the state government has vowed to sustain its ongoing enforcement operations against these environmental defaulters in the state as part of renewed efforts geared to rid Lagos metropolis of this menace.

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According to Nairametrics, This disclosure is contained in a recent statement by the Corps Marshal of LAGESC, CP Gbemisola Akinpelu (rtd), who added that street trading on roadsides, pedestrian bridges, setbacks, medians and hawking on major highways constitutes a violation of the State environmental laws which has established the illegality of these acts.

Akinpelu expressed the determination of the Agency to clamp down on all environmental defaulters, especially those displaying alcohol for sale in Lagos parks and garages. She vowed that the LAGESC enforcement drive would be consolidated, adding that there is no hiding place for street traders, hawkers in the State.

She also remarked that the ongoing enforcement against hawkers of alcohol in the State’s garages and parks has been positive, stating that the Agency has made numerous arrests, just as it was able to secure the arraignments and sentences of suspects by the courts.

Admonishing street traders and hawkers to steer clear of Lagos roads, the Corps Marshal issued directives to the Agency’s Special Squad to increase the enforcement drive by apprehending defaulters for arraignment on a daily basis and their seized wares be placed in the Agency’s storage facility.

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She further revealed that the State Environmental laws provide for the onward distribution of seized perishable goods to orphanage homes on a daily basis and non-perishables be kept in storage until a court order is secured for public auction whilst generated proceeds are remitted to the state coffers.

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