No fewer than 13 markets and commercial facilities, located along the Ketu and Ikorodu Road axis have been sealed by the Lagos State Government for environmental violations.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by the Director, Public Affairs, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mrs Folashade Kadiri.
According to Kadiri, the action followed series of unheeded warnings and environmental abuse, by market operators and traders in the affected areas.
The statement read in part: ”The affected markets and facilities are: Erukan, Oja Oba, Ketu, Owoseni Tundas, Oba Ogunjobi, Mile 12 and the Ketu Terminal Market (6 plazas) as well as Shop Owners at BRT Terminal.
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Others are Ifesowapo Shop Owners Market and Demurin Street Plaza Shops, Ketu, Occupant, 6 Demurin Road, Ketu, Ifelodun market in Ketu.
”Others are the Ibadan Unit 1 Park (between Babajide Sanwo-Olu Market and Ikosi Fruit Market), Ketu Tipper Garage and Ikosi Fruit Market.”
Commenting on the development, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, reiterated the state’s unwavering stance on its ‘Zero Tolerance for Waste’ campaign.