Lagos State Government Says Story of Return of Monthly Environmental Sanitation is Fake!

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The story making the rounds that Lagos State government would bring back the suspended state environmental sanitation programme is not true after all. The state government has, through the ministry of Environment and Water Resources, denied the report. The statement said the state, “has not re-introduced the monthly environmental sanitation and is not starting any movement restriction by July ending.”

Perhaps for the denial to carry the needed weight, Tokunbo Wahab, honourable Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, personally signed the statement. He said the viral story is the work of mischief makers who are keen on confusing residents.

Wahab urged all residents to disregard the content of what he described as fake news and go about their lawful business endeavour, adding that “there will be no restriction of movements on the last Saturday of July as erroneously included in the fake news.”

He explained that what Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu announced on Sunday during a sanitation sensitisation exercise at Campos playground Lagos Island was that the state will start a weekly community based sensitisation and awareness exercise that will involve all residents.

He said, “The Governor also stated that State Government officials will lead from the front every week by going round to join residents in cleaning their environment in a voluntary manner while preaching the message”.

“At no time did Mr Governor make a pronouncement that the monthly exercise and restriction will start in July or any other month for now,” Wahab added

He charged all residents to imbibe the culture of cleaning their surroundings all the time and not wait until the government declares a particular month for commencement of sanitation or restriction of movement.

The monthly environmental sanitation exercise was suspended by a former administration in the state after a resident got a court injunction against it. Though the Thursday business premises sanitation exercise remains in force, particularly because unlike the Saturday exercise, it does not involve restriction of movement, which was the bone of contention of the person who got the court injunction.