LAWMA seals markets, plazas in Ayobo-Ipaja axis over environmental infractions

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) said it has sealed some markets and plazas around the Ayobo-Ipaja axis of the state following repeated environmental infractions and failure to comply with its directives.

LAWMA said the sealing of the markets and the plazas were part of its sustained interventions to tackle indiscriminate dumping across the Ayobo-Ipaja axis in a statement issued by Mukaila Sanusi, its Director of Public Affairs on Monday.

Speaking on this development, the Managing Director/ CEO of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin said the latest enforcement operation, conducted on Sunday by the LAWMA Project WISE team led to sealing of Rock of Age Plaza, Ajerogun 1 Market, Ayobo Market and Oba Plaza, all within the Ayobo area.

Sanusi quoted Gbadegesin as saying the enforcement operation complemented LAWMA’s ongoing waste evacuation and environmental sanitation intervention within the axis, where operational teams had continued to clear accumulated waste from Oluwaga Bus Stop by Sawmill, Ayobo Road median by Rainoil, Atan Nla by TCN, Ayobo Police Post, Megida Bus Stop and other identified locations.

The LAWMA boss said that the Authority would continue to combine waste evacuation with sustained monitoring and enforcement to ensure that cleared locations do not relapse into waste black spots.

He, however, noted that lasting environmental improvement required the cooperation of residents, traders, businesses and other waste generators in complying with approved waste disposal arrangements.

Gbadegesin reiterated that the Authority would continue to take necessary enforcement measures against individuals, markets, plazas and other facilities that violate environmental regulations or contribute to indiscriminate dumping.

The LAWMA boss urged residents and businesses in the axis to support the ongoing intervention by patronising their assigned PSP operators, disposing of waste through approved channels and refraining from activities that could undermine the ongoing efforts to restore and maintain environmental cleanliness.