The
Lagos State Government on Wednesday terminated the monthly environmental
sanitation exercise which hitherto held for three hours on the last Saturday of
every month.
An Appeal Court had earlier this month
declared the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Lagos as illegal and
an infringement on the fundamental human rights of the populace.
The State Government, in a statement by the
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, said the
decision to cancel the monthly exercise followed a resolution arrived at
Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting which approved the need for a robust
review of the environmental laws and procedures in the state in order to meet
the present day challenges and to promote a clean and healthy environment.
The government noted that considering the
present economic situation in the country, it was no longer appropriate to
restrict movement of people for three hours in a mega city like Lagos at a time
they should be pursuing commercial and entrepreneurial activities.
According to government, in the last two
decades, Lagos has grown exponentially into a mega city with the attendant huge
environmental problems associated with managing a population of over twenty
million people.
“But sadly, the environmental laws, policies
and procedures being practiced in the State have not been able to match the
phenomenal growth and the dream of a 24-hour economy, hence the need for the
reform,” he said.
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