The Lagos State monthly environmental sanitation will be observed tomorrow with its attendant human and vehicular restrictions between 7 and 10am, the state government said yesterday.
Environment Commissioner Tunji Bello said the ruling of Justice Mohammed Idris will not affect the enforcement of restrictions during sanitation tomorrow.
According to him, the order made by the High Court Judge has to wait until the outcome of the appeal filed by the state to challenge the judgement.
The judge had ruled on March 16 that the government has no right to ban Lagosians from moving about during sanitation.
But the government through the Attorney-General’s Office appealed the verdict.
According to Bello, all human and vehicular activities within federal and state roads remain restricted from 7am to 10am.
He warned that anyone found floating the order will be liable to arrest.
The commissioner appealed to Lagosians to respect the court ruling, as sanitation is aimed attaining a clean and sustainable environment in the state, which is in the overall interest of the people.
While stressing the importance of the sanitation, Bello said it was an incontrovertible fact that a clean and hygienic environment is a sine-qua-non for the socio economic wellbeing of Lagosians.
He explained that besides the monthly sanitation, the cleaning of environment should be an everyday affair, stressing that, human beings generate waste daily.
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