The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the reintroduction of monthly environmental sanitation in the state after 8 years. To commence sometime in July, we await it’s official start.
The government said the exercise, which used to be held for three hours on the last Saturday of every month with restrictions on movement, needed to go to pave the way for a much-needed reform.
Over the years, Lagos has grown exponentially with the attendant environmental problems associated with managing 20 million people. The environmental laws and procedures being practiced in the state have not been able to match the growth.
Also, the reintroduction of the monthly environmental sanitation may as well be connected to the recent flooding affecting major parts of Lagos if not all, due to incessant rain.
The resulting flooding brought down a two-storey building in the Mushin area of Lagos, grounded vehicular movement on the roads all round and overwhelmed thousands of residents while pupils could not attend schools in parts of the states.