Henceforth, Lagos residents who
indiscriminately hang clothes and wares at the frontage of their
buildings located on the major highways and roads would have such houses
shut.
The Lagos state Government yesterday said it would begin to shut such buildings and confiscate the clothes.
The government also said that all enforcement agencies in the state had
been directed to look out for such buildings, adding that such clothes
so lined would be regarded as refuse and would be removed and disposed
of, like refuse.
Briefing journalists after inspecting the July
edition of environmental sanitation in Egbe-Idimu Local Council
Development Area, the state’s Commissioner for the Environment, Mr.
Tunji Bello, who gave the warning, bemoaned the continuous,
indiscriminate spreading of clothes outside buildings along major roads
and highways.
He said: “Our men have started, we have told LAWMA and
other agencies to remove any clothes spread in front of the buildings
or anywhere on the highway and dispose it like refuse henceforth. Why
must you spread cloth on the highway? Sometime on the roads where people
pass, we can’t tolerate hanging of cloths indiscriminately in Lagos.
We can’t tolerate that again. “It is not ideal and if we are not
careful enough, some houses may be shut down. We have to seal some
houses. If we don’t take such actions, some people won’t take it
seriously”
Source: National Mirror
