Jesusegun AlagbeThe Lagos State Government has asked residents of the state to ignore rumours that it had reintroduced the monthly environmental sanitation and vehicular restriction. The state government had on November 23, 2016 cancelled the exercise, which used to hold every last Saturday of the month between 7 am and 10 am. But in a statement on Tuesday signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Mr Biodun Bamgboye, the state government said no environmental sanitation would take place on the last Saturday of June or any other month until otherwise decided. Bamgboye said one of the “proactive” measures undertaken by Sanwo-Olu was to sign an executive order on zero tolerance for indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the state. The permanent secretary explained that the governor’s stand on the issue was that if there was indeed a need to reintroduce the exercise, it would be based on the support of the majority of the residents.

Source: Punch June 26, 2019 05:37 UTC