LASG moves to restructure markets
Sesan Olufowobi
The Lagos State Commissioner for the
Environment, Dr Babatude Adejare, says government is committed to
achieving well-organised markets, where sellers and goods or services
will be sectionalised.
The commissioner, who spoke on Tuesday,
said, “The move will eliminate the belief that it is when goods are sold
by the roadsides that profit can be made.
He said the policy of zero tolerance on
street trading was still on, warning violators to desist or incur the
wrath of the law which forbade anyone from converting the roadsides and
setbacks to markets.
Adejare said the state water corporation had been rejuvenated, adding that it was working at maximum capacity.
He said, “Water supply in the state has
been given a new lease of life as most of our waterworks such as Ishasi,
Adiyan and Iju now produce and supply uninterrupted water to
Lagosians.”
The commissioner said waste management
would take a new dimension in the state as from 2017. He advised
Lagosians to dispose waste properly and maintain a good sanitary
attitude as the Yuletide approached.
“We are reforming waste; we are no
longer going to do it the way we are used to. The government is also
poised to control and eradicate diseases such as Lassa fever and malaria
through our vector control programme,” he added.
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