The Lagos State Government has announced its plans to resuscitate the environmental sanitation competition among the local governments and council areas to reawaken the consciousness of every resident in the state to hygiene practice. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, said since the programme suffered a setback in 2017 through a court order to stop monthly environmental sanitation, everyone had let down their guard. Bello, in a statement, said the sanitation competition would bring about healthy hygiene practices amongst communities, markets, LGA and LCDA, improvement in the environmental conditions of the state, especially on highways, roads and streets, markets, schools and illegal street trading. He said, “The competition will take input of actors in the communities, including local government chairmen, community leaders, traditional rulers, transport unions and market leaders. He noted that the assessment would be rounded off in November with an award ceremony.

Source: Punch April 18, 2021 23:26 UTC