by The Ajasa News | November 5, 2019 5:35 pm
…Seeks Collaboration Of Market Leaders
Benjamin Omoike
In line with the mandate of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at promoting a cleaner, hygienic and aesthetically resplendent environment in Lagos through advocacy, as well as ensuring total enforcement of environmental sanitation laws of the state, the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) is set to commence Operation Zero Tolerance on Street Trading and hawking across the state.
The Corps also says it will liaise with appropriate stakeholders before massive enforcement and implementation.
The Corps Marshal of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), CP Akinpelu Gbemisola (rtd), disclosed this on Tuesday at Alausa, Ikeja, during one of its advocacy campaigns to the President-General, Association of Commodity Women and Men of Nigeria, Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo.
According to her, ‘’the present administration of His Excellency, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has maintained his administration’s resolve towards a greener and cleaner environment, it’s therefore important to seek for the support of your association and members to key into this vision towards ensuring adequate synergy to completely eradicate street trading, hawking, indiscriminate dumping of refuse and other environmental nuisance in Lagos State as it relates to our market places.’’
Mrs. Akinpelu noted with dismay the activities of street traders, displaying of goods on roads setbacks, walkways, hawking on highways, which impedes free flow of traffic coupled with littering of dirt on our roads, stressing that these prohibited acts expose traders to hazards like in the case of brake failure among other catalysts of auto accidents.
While appreciating the tremendous contribution of the leadership and members of this body towards the socio-economic development of Lagos, being the commercial nerve centre of the country, and to the growth of the economy at large, the Corps Marshal however appealed to them to ensure proper waste disposal and desist from patronising cart pushers, whom most times, dump refuse into drainages and canals, which in turn, causes blockage of free flow of water.
Finally, the Corps Marshal urged members of the association to always avail the Agency of relevant information, complaints and suggestions on the activities of the Agency or its operatives, as well as ensuring that they refuse to offer bribe to any operative.
In her response, the President-General, Association of Commodity Women and Men of Nigeria, Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, appreciated the Corps Marshal’s intention to sanitise the environment and expressed readiness to partner with the Agency in the area of advocacy to traders in markets across the state. She, however, appealed for a human face in the Agency’s operations with traders and assured of increased assistance from the body.
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