Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it will shut down Ladipo and Oyingbo markets till further notice over reckless waste dumping, refusal to pay for waste services, and general poor waste management.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) LAWMA, Ibrahim Odumboni, said in a statement on Thursday in Lagos that the markets would be shut by September 22.
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Odumboni said that the unwholesome environmental practices by traders in the markets, despite repeated warnings, called for necessary and immediate sanctions.
He said that the authority had in recent times redoubled its efforts to ensure that business activities in all Lagos markets were carried out in a clean and safe environment, for the good of all.
He urged traders in other markets to adhere strictly to environmental hygiene or risk indefinite closure of their markets.
Meanwhile, LAWMA said that a mobile court sitting in Oshodi had sentenced two environmental offenders for waste burning and dumping refuse in the drain during rainfall.
It said that both offenders were apprehended at Ikeja and Lekki axis respectively. (NAN)
