The newly sworn in Chairman of Ayobo Ipaja Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos State, Mr Ladi Oluwaloni, has declared war against environmental law violators.
The chairman said this during a clean up of indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the medians of the Ayobo community.
Oluwaloni carried out the clean-up with the council management and the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA)
Oluwaloni said during the cleanup exercise that violators of indiscriminate dumping of refuse would be prosecuted when caught.
Collaboration To Stop Environmental Violators.
According to him, stakeholders have held a meeting with various sectors in the community to inform them that the council will no longer tolerate indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the medians across the roads in the community.
“That’s why we are collaborating with the police, LAWMA, community, and market leaders to curtail the menace in our community.” He said.
The Head of the Private Sector Participation (PSP) Service of LAWMA, Mr Tunde Suleiman, speaking, promised that LAWMA would collaborate with the council to ensure a safer environment for the residents.
He described the clean-up as a laudable exercise that will show and tell the residents that the government is ready to curtail the menace of indiscriminate dumping of refuse.
“We have engagement with PSP to reach out to people continuously, and we have also met with the community leaders to encourage and ensure the residents comply with environmental law,” Suleiman said.
Also speaking, the Chairman Community Development Committee (CDC) Ayobo Ipaja LCDA, Elder Joseph Olokede, urged all the community leaders to embark on enlightening their residents to avoid severe punishment from the government.
“We wish all the community development associations around here will do the necessary thing to make their environment clean to guard against pollution and avoidable ailments because the council has done its own part of it.
He also appealed to PSP operators to work after collecting money from residents as they can not collect money if they do not work.
According to Elder Olokode, “They (PSP Operators) believe in taking our people to court, sealing up their houses. The truth is that if they don’t come to pack the refuse, the owner of the house will carry the refuse to somewhere else,”
