The Lagos State Authorities has sealed 13 markets and enterprise plazas in Ketu and Mile 12 over persistent environmental misconduct, together with indiscriminate waste disposal on roads and public highways.
The disclosure was made by Tokunbo Wahab, Lagos State Commissioner for the Atmosphere and Water Assets, on his official X (previously Twitter) web page on Friday.
The enforcement operation carried out in a single day focused key marketplaces the place unlawful dumping of refuse has grow to be rampant, regardless of repeated warnings and sensitization efforts.
“In keeping with our dedication to environmental sanity, Ketu and Mile 12 markets had been efficiently sealed final night time for persistent violations, together with unlawful waste disposal on roads, medians, and highways – opposite to the Lagos State Environmental Administration and Safety Regulation of 2017,” the assertion learn partially.
Markets and companies affected:
- Erukan Market, Mile 12
- Oja Oba Market, Ketu
- Owoseni Tundas Market
- Oba Ogunjobi Market, Mile 12
- Retailers on the BRT Terminal, Mile 12
- Mile 12 Bus Cease Retailers
- Ketu Terminal Market (6 plazas)
- Ifesowapo Store Homeowners Market, Mile 12
- Demurin Road Plaza Retailers, Ketu
- Occupant at No. 6 Demurin Highway, Ketu
- Ifelodun Market, Ketu
- Ibadan Unit 1 Park (between Babajide Sanwo-Olu Market and Ikosi Fruit Market)
- Ketu Tipper Storage
What it’s best to know
In January, the Lagos State Authorities sealed off Block N of the Ebute-Ero Marketplace for illegally channeling sewage pipes into public drainage programs and setting up a septic tank on a public walkway.
- Past the market premises, further services had been additionally sealed, together with a public rest room positioned underneath the bridge by Leventis Bus-Cease in Apongbon. The power was shut down for the deliberate discharge of untreated sewage into the Lagos Lagoon and the unauthorized development of a public rest room.
- Earlier, in December 2024, 9 institutions throughout Mushin, Amuwo Odofin, and Okota Isolo had been additionally sealed for violating noise management and environmental rules. These included a bakery, a resort, a church, a convention middle, a spa, and different industrial services, which had been carried out by the Lagos State Environmental Safety Company (LASEPA)
- Equally, in September 2024, the Lagos State Authorities sealed off Idera Market in Oshodi for breaching the state’s environmental legal guidelines.
The closure was executed by operatives of the Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) throughout a routine inspection train centered on implementing environmental hygiene in markets throughout the state.
The Lagos State Authorities reopens sealed markets and institutions solely in spite of everything stipulated directives and corrective measures have been totally complied with.
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