INDISCRIMINATE WASTE DISPOSAL: 26 PERSONS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

A Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Magistrate Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has imposed a ₦30,000 fine per person or the option of community service on 26 persons for engaging in reckless waste disposal in areas of the State.

The environmental offenders were arrested by the enforcement team of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), in collaboration with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), at different locations in the State, disposing of their refuse in unauthorised places, between the hours of 9.30 pm and 7.00 am.

Commenting on the matter, the Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said that the ongoing joint enforcement action by the Authority had been intensified, in line with the zero-tolerance policy of the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

“The era of recklessness and disdain for the environment is over. Anyone caught under whatever guise will be made to face the wrath of the law. The exercise is a continuous one”, he said.

He urged residents to support efforts made to sanitise the environment by shunning acts of reckless waste disposal by having waste receptacles at home, and patronising only accredited PSP operators, warning that there would be no hiding place for defaulters.