Lagos Govt Tasks Residents On Good Sanitation Practices

The Lagos State government has stressed the importance of good sanitation practices among all residents, saying they will help ensure a clean, flood-free, safe, and sustainable environment across the state.

The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, who stated this during the Weekly Community Based Environmental Sanitation Advocacy campaign held at Omobokun Street, Ekimogun Underbridge Iyana Oworo, Bariga Local Council Development Area, added that all residents must make good sanitation practices a daily affair.

He said the Weekly Community Environmental Sanitation Advocacy campaign was introduced to promote good sanitation practices amongst residents before the formal commencement of the monthly Sanitation Exercise.

“What we are trying to do is to ramp up sensitisation and advocacy before the formal commencement of the monthly environmental Sanitation, which the Governor will soon announce,” he said.

He said some houses in the area have been investigated and were found to have channelled their septic tanks into the drainages. Some have built their fences on the drainage channels , adding that the appropriate Agency will soon seal these houses.

He implored residents to support the government effort by regularly cleaning the drainages in front of their houses and desist from the unwholesome act of illegal waste disposal, saying it is expedient for everyone to take ownership of all infrastructure provided by the government.

In his address, the Chairman of Bariga Local Council Development Area, Hon. Kolade Alabi, said Governor Sanwo-Olu commissioned the Ekimogun Road, but it was disheartening that the road was in a sorry state because of residents’ unsanitary attitudes.