The Lagos Waste Management
Authority (LAWMA) said on Friday that it might close Ladipo Market in Mushin,
till further notice, if the waste situation continued unabated.
LAWMA’s Public Relations Officer,
Mr Obinna Onyenali, said that the attention of the authority had been drawn to
the unwholesome environmental practices being carried out by traders at the
Ladipo Market.
Onyenali said that such practices
had resulted to indiscriminate dumping of waste and degradation of the
environment.
He said that the authority had,
in recent times, doubled its efforts to ensure that business transactions in
all Lagos markets were conducted in a clean and safe environment.
According to him, the authority
has doubled its efforts through timely deployment of trucks for waste
evacuation and sweeping of the markets.
“However, these efforts are being
tainted by the activities of mischievous persons who would rather dump their
waste indiscriminately on the roads than patronise their assigned Private
Sector Participation (PSP) operators.
“LAWMA condemns in strongest terms
this unwholesome act, being perpetuated by the traders of Ladipo Market, as it
exposes the environment and the people that do business there to various health
dangers.
“The authority seizes this
opportunity to urge the merchants at the market to turn a new leaf or face the
consequences of the Law.
“If these heinous acts against
the environment continue unabated, the market will be shut till further notice,
‘’ he said in a statement.
Onyenali said that LAWMA wanted
all markets to comply with the Environmental Laws of the state, which was
essential for building a cleaner and healthier environment that everyone would
be proud of.
“The Authority appeals to all
residents in the state to always imbibe the habit of effective waste management
by bagging their waste for easy evacuation by their assigned PSPs,’’ he said.
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