Monday, September 1, 2025 - Barely 48 hours after residents and business owners around Jakande Estate Gate, Oke Afa, in the Isolo area of Lagos State, raised the alarm over heaps of refuse littering the median of their estate road, the Lagos State Government has intensified enforcement against indiscriminate waste disposal in different parts of the state.
According to Punch, residents lamented the stench and health risks from refuse
that often remained uncleared for days. They also alleged that people from
neighbouring communities drove down to dump waste in the area, worsening the
environmental hazard.
But in what appeared to be a direct response to the growing
concerns about Lagos’ waste management, the Lagos State Wastewater Management
Office on Wednesday sealed off a residential property on Apongbon Street, Lagos
Island, for deliberately discharging faeces into public drains.
According to the enforcement team, the building, identified
as Pa Kasumu Adepeju Olaniyonu House, 22, Apongbon Street, was shut “for
causing public nuisance, environmental pollution and endangering human life.”
Two days later, on August 29, officials of the Lagos State
Waste Management Authority, in a coordinated operation, arrested no fewer than
40 persons engaging in unlawful activities around Ozumba Mbadiwe Road and parts
of Lekki.
The suspects, aged between 18 and 45, were accused of acts
ranging from illegal dumping of waste to street mischiefs threatening the
safety and cleanliness of the environment.
“All arrested individuals are being processed and will face
prosecution in line with the law,” Tokunbo Wahab, Commissioner of Health and
Water Resources, disclosed via his social media handle.
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