LAWMA arrests two for illegal waste disposal

Officials of the Lagos Waste Management Authority on Thursday arrested two persons for dumping waste at a roundabout in Surulere.

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, LAWMA, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, disclosed in a statement shared on X.

“These two culprits were captured red-handed by @Lawma_gov while dumping waste at Shitta Roundabout, Surulere early this morning. We have brought them to court at the Task Force, Oshodi for prosecution.

“If you love Lagos, please spread the #ZeroToleranceLagos message: if we catch you dumping waste or committing any other environmental infractions in our Lagos, you will be made to face the full wrath of the law,” he wrote.

In July, the state government identified two residents caught disposing trash in floodwater in the Ijesha community in the Itire-Ikate Local Council Development Area of the state.

This followed a photo shared on social media showing a man and a woman rolling the thrash drum in the flooded water on the street.

The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who reacted on X, said, “The house has been identified and locked immediately by the Environmental Health Service Department of Itire-Ikate LCDA.”

In another post, Wahab, on Thursday disclosed that government officials had sealed a market on Lagos Island for environmental violations.

“The Lagos State government sealed Sura Market, Lagos Island over environmental infractions,” he wrote while posting pictures and video from the scene.

He had yet to give further details as of the time of filing this report.