Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has said monthly environmental sanitation will be reintroduced in the state.
Wahab said this in a 21-second clip shared via X.
In bid to address the state’s environmental challenges, the Lagos State government has announced the reintroduction of its monthly environmental sanitation program, effective July.
The programme, which was discontinued in 2016, aims to promote a cleaner and healthier environment in the state.
According to Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, the decision to revive the programme was approved by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the State Executive Council.
The then Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, in a statement, explained that the decision to cancel the monthly exercise followed a resolution adopted at the State Executive Council meeting.
“Lagos has grown exponentially with the attendant environmental problems associated with managing 20 million people. The environmental laws and procedures being practised in the state have not been able to match the growth and the dream of a 24-hour economy,” Ayorinde had then said.
