Officers from the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps and the state’s Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences have removed street traders situated on drainage setbacks and demolished shanties across various areas of the state.
The spokesperson for the state’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Kunle Adeshina, revealed this through images posted on his social media handle on Thursday.
Adeshina wrote, “Acting on directives of HC MOE&WR, Tokunbo Wahab, operatives of LAGESC/KAI recently dislodged illegal street traders displaying wares on walkway and drainage setbacks at Toyin street lkeja and Medical Junction along Airport Way, Ikeja in contravention of state sanitation laws.”
In a separate post, Adeshina wrote, “Acting on the directives of HC MOE&WR, Tokunbo Wahab, operatives of the Lagos Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences, Thursday cleared shanties at the Toll gate area of Victoria Island.”
