Our Reporter
FOLLOWING the successful evacuation of Street traders, shanties, illegally parked vehicles and miscreants on the stretch of outer Marina last week, Lagos State Government on Thursday announced the extension of the enforcement to areas around MCwen Bridge, down to Muson Centre, to the Flag Staff House, Police AIG Zone 2 office Road, Onikan to Race Course Roundabout, stretching to the old State House MARINA.
In a statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello declared a zero-tolerance on Street traders, operators of food courts on the roadsides, indiscriminately parked vehicles which dot the stretch of all the listed roads, under the bridges and areas thereby inhibiting the free flow of traffic.
He also gave a standing order to operatives of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), to continue to ensure that no street trader is found in any of the areas mentioned henceforth and they should also maintain motorised patrols to clear any spillover of traders and goods.
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The Commissioner added that the same order applies to owners of all vehicles abandoned or parked indiscriminately on the roadsides including the Onikan alignment, who must remove such vehicles immediately or risk being impounded.
He directed the Lagos State Waste Management Authority LAWMA to deploy more street sweeping gangs to all the listed areas to ensure continuous clearing of dirt and sand, and the provision of special gangs to monitor the effectiveness of the sweeping gangs.
He added that Lagos State Parks and Garden Agency LASPARK, on its part, should daily clear all vegetal nuisances noticed in the listed areas and roads and also ensure that some of the areas that have lawns converted into clothes hanging lines are cleaned up immediately.
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