PHOTOS: LAGOS GOVT SHUTS OJA OBA MARKET AT ILE EPO OVER POOR SANITATION
The Lagos State Government has shut down the Oja Oba Market at Ile Epo over what it described as “very poor sanitary conditions.”
According to Lagos State Commissioner for Environment Tokunbo Wahab, the market was closed down on Sunday by officials of the Lagos Task Force.
“Following complaints from concerned members of the public, particularly @Freestuv1, Oja Oba market at Ile Epo was sealed this morning by a combined #ZeroToleranceLagos Task Force consisting of @Lawma_gov Monitoring and Compliance Team and men and women of @LAGESCOfficial,” he wrote on his X handle.
https://x.com/tokunbo_wahab/status/1812587317682389408
“This market has become notorious for very poor sanitary conditions and failure to comply with set waste management regulations. This action is taken to protect members of the public from food-borne and water-borne diseases like cholera, typhoid, dysentery, etc.”
The commissioner called on the public to raise the alarm anywhere they see “poor sanitary practices by markets or other business outlets.”
This move is the latest in recent efforts by the Lagos State Government to ramp up cleanliness in markets across the state. With the cholera outbreak in the South-West state, the government has repeatedly called on residents of the state to adhere to sanitary rules.
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