The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has reopened the markets of Ladipo, Oyingbo, Alamutu Ologede, and Ile-Epo, which had previously been closed due to filth and poor environmental degradation.
Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, who announced the re-opening in Lagos, emphasized the necessity of tough compliance procedures in defending public health and protecting people from future health issues.
Gbadegesin stated that the re-opening of the markets was contingent on full compliance with the necessary criteria.
“Following extensive renovations and compliance measures including, the implementation of stringent conditions and a written mandatory undertaking for reopening, Ladipo Market, Oyingbo Market, Alamutu Ologede Market, and Ile-Epo Oke Odo Market, has been reopened today for business transactions,” Gbadegesin said in a statement.
The LAWMA CEO emphasized that the re-opened markets must meet a number of mandatory standards before they can resume operations.
“These conditions include providing a designated waste point; installing a block work fence and platforms for the placement of double dino bins; purchasing double dino bins for waste containerisation; and committing to putting in place sustainable market waste policing to ensure the market environment’s constant cleanliness.”
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“Enforce proper waste disposal regulations; hire bin keepers; work with accredited PSP operators to ensure timely evacuation.”
“Prompt payment of waste bills, as well as dislodging Street traders from road medians and setbacks and preventing unauthorised vending,” Gbadegesin went on to say.
He emphasized that the state cannot stand by and watch while some markets expose the people of Lagos State to conditions that are clearly avoidable if the necessary steps are taken.
“We want to make it abundantly clear, that any future violations will attract stiffer sanctions, including the permanent closure of the offending market,” Gbadegesin said in a statement.
He urged the state’s market executives to live up to their obligations, pushing merchants to be public-minded by being hygienic in their trading activities, as this is usually advantageous to them and their clients.
Local government agencies, he noted, would be tasked with checking market operations’ conformity to prescribed conditions.
He asked the public to play an important role in this process by promptly reporting any noticed sanitation failures to LAWMA.
He reminded markets across the state that LAWMA’s zero-tolerance policy for reckless garbage dumping in markets remained in effect, and warned that defaulting markets risked closure and a large fine.
Call the LAWMA toll-free numbers 07080601020 and 617 for waste management issues in your area.
According to NAN, on September 30, Wahab of LAWMA ordered the immediate closure of Ladipo Market in Mushin for multiple environmental crimes such as reckless garbage dumping, unsanitary premises, and nonpayment of trash bills, among others.
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