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LAWMA begins two-day enforcement operation in Lekki

By Bertram Nwannekanma
21 January 2022   |   3:55 am
Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has embarked on a two-day enforcement operation in Lekki axis, to clear the roadsides of illegal activities defacing the environment.

Lawma officials clearing drainage in Lekki

Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has embarked on a two-day enforcement operation in Lekki axis, to clear the roadsides of illegal activities defacing the environment.

The exercise will involve clearance of waste nuisance and dislodging of street traders from First Roundabout to Jakande axis, as well as Freedom Way entrance, on Lekki Epe expressway.

The Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni; said the operation is to ensure that the area is rid of structures and elements constituting environmental nuisance, such as littering and improper waste disposal currently undermining efforts of the Authority at maintaining sustainable cleanliness in Lagos.

He said: “Our enforcement team is carrying out a two-day campaign, which began on Thursday, January 20, 2022, to stem the tide of littering and defacing of the environment, ensuring that effective sanitation is sustained within the VI axis of the state”.

Odumboni pointed out that street trading activities by some persons in the area, had attracted all forms of gathering, including beggars, leading to high level of environmental degradation, including littering and open defecation.

The LAWMA helmsman stated that the agency had rolled out various programmes and initiatives, aimed at achieving a consistently clean environment across the metropolis, calling on residents to support those efforts by avoiding indiscriminate waste disposal and other vices.

He also implored residents to imbibe the habit of bagging their wastes at all times, using appropriately covered waste bins for containerisation, as well as patronising assigned PSP operators, who had been mandated to evacuate wastes generated by tenements.

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