Reads riot act to residents
Chairman of Amuwo-Odofin Local Council in Lagos State, Valentine Buraimoh, has urged residents to desist from activities that could cause environmental degradation.

In a statement, the Chairman, through the Supervisor for Environment, Gbenga Akinbinu, noted that the move was aimed at aligning with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s agenda to curtail environmental degradation in the state.

He said: “For those who continue to abuse the environment across the local council, business will not continue as usual.

“We are giving 72 hours notice to all car sales operators on walkways, street traders, illegal structures and shanties to desist from such unwholesome practices.

“Markets have been built for trading, and people should take advantage of them rather than continue to destroy the aesthetics of the community.”

“To ensure that residents are properly informed, street town criers have been commissioned to comb the nooks and crannies of the communities to warn against street trading and erection of illegal structures by the roadside and walkways.

“If, after this sensitisation, defaulters persist, the full arm of the law will be brought to take its course.”

The supervisor said the administration had partnered with all stakeholders, including Federal Housing Authorities, FESTAC Residents Association, Mile 2 Residents Association, Abule-Ado/Soba/Oteyi Residents Association, Community Development Council, and Community Development Association, to ensure that the obligation to protect the environment from further degradation is sustained, which is in line with the THEMES plus agenda of Governor Sanwo-Olu.”