Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos, Steve Ayorinde, has clarified reports suggesting that the monthly environmental sanitation in the state has been abolished.
Ayorinde pointed out that the statement credited to the State’s Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare, was taken out of context.
According to the ace journalist, the state government only removed the restriction of movement during the monthly 3-hour exercise and not the cancellation of the sanitation entirely.
“While Dr Adejare did meet with journalists today (Thursday) and indicated that the restriction of movement every last Saturday of the month would ultimately be dispensed with, he did not say the monthly sanitation exercise would no longer hold in Lagos,” Ayorinde said.
He explained that, “The last two sanitation exercises could not hold due to the JAMB examination in February and the Easter celebration in March. Nevertheless, the Lagos state government had always encouraged residents to clean their environment and observe hygienic behaviours, without necessarily having to shut the state down.”
Ayorinde noted that, “It is the wish of Lagos State government to ensure that every part of the state is clean with wastes properly disposed and this will always involve a concerted effort on the part of the government and citizens alike.
“However, while it may become necessary in the near future to observe this clean-up exercise regularly without having to restrict vehicular movement, we wish to clarify that the monthly environmental exercise is still in force in Lagos State for now.”
