The Lagos State government has shut down Ogba City Mall, Ikeja, and Ajah Market, Etti-Osa, over various waste disposal offences.

The action was carried out by a combined enforcement team of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), the State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (LASTMA), and the Lagos Government Special Environmental Corps (KAI).

This is contained in a statement by LAWMA spokesperson Folashade Kadiri on Sunday in Lagos.

Ms Kadiri said shanties and illegal traders’ structures around the Ajah BRT corridor and the Ajah Jubilee Bridge were also cleared by the enforcement team.

Commenting on the development, Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab said the enforcement was a continuation of the administration’s onslaught on filth and indiscriminate waste disposal by markets and business facilities across the state.

“We have continuously warned business owners to expect action if they refuse to do the needful to sustain the environment,” he said.

The commissioner said the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration would not relent in pursuing the lofty objective of the overriding public good.

The managing director of LAWMA, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said the zero-tolerance campaign was a continuous one, advising markets and business stakeholders to take steps to ensure clean and hygienic premises.

“For the umpteenth time, we are encouraging all business owners and markets to shun filth and put measures in place to guarantee responsible waste disposal in their places of operation,” he said.

Mr Gbadegesin, who said enforcement action would reach the doorsteps of defaulters, urged them to play by the rules.

(NAN)