LAGOS SHUTS POPULAR MILE-12, OWODE ONIRIN MARKETS

October 13, 2023

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The Lagos State Government has sealed up the popular Mile-12 and Owode Onirin Markets along Ikorodu Road in Kosofe Local Government Area, LGA, as part of its ongoing zero tolerance policy for environmental violations.

The state government made this announcement in the early hours of Friday.

The operation was carried out by joint enforcement units of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), and the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps/Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI stormed the markets to carry-out the operation.

The closure was ordered by the state Commissioner for the Environment, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, due to a failure to comply with state environmental laws of the state.

In a statement by LAWMA Managing Director, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, through the Director, Public Affairs, Folashade Kadiri, stated, “Acting on the directives of operatives from LAWMA and KAI in a joint operation in the early hours of Friday October 13, sealed up the Mile 12 International Market and Owode Onirin market along Ikorodu Road in Kosofe LG over indiscriminate dumping and burning of refuse, filthy environment.

Others include: “Blocked and littered drainages, menace of illegal and indiscriminate parking and abandonment of trucks on the major road thereby impeding free flow of traffic.”