The Lagos Waste Management Authority has intensified its ongoing environmental compliance enforcement across Lagos, sealing markets, shopping complexes, and commercial premises along the Ikotun-Igando axis.
This came as LAWMA issued notices of intention to seal markets, shops, and plazas along the Ojuelegba-Lawanson-Itire corridor.
The Director of Public Affairs at LAWMA, Mukaila Sanusi, disclosed this in a statement over the weekend, obtained by The PUNCH.
The statement explained that the enforcement exercise, carried out on Saturday by LAWMA’s Project WISE West team, targeted commercial premises along the LASU-Igando Road corridor in Alimosho Local Government Area, “following persistent indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the road median despite repeated default notices, sustained environmental advocacy, and notices of intention to seal.”
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said the latest operation followed the notable improvement in environmental compliance recorded during last week’s enforcement exercise along the Yaba-Ojuelegba corridor.
Gbadegesin noted that the intervention had helped restore environmental order and improve sanitation within the area, noting, “Encouraged by the positive outcome, the authority had extended the exercise to other identified corridors across the state, while commencing the issuance of notices of intention to seal markets, shops, and plazas along the Ojuelegba-Lawanson-Itire corridor as part of ongoing compliance measures.”
According to him, the affected markets, shopping complexes, and commercial premises will remain under seal until all “stipulated environmental compliance conditions have been fully met and the agency is satisfied that adequate corrective measures have been implemented.”
He stressed that indiscriminate waste disposal on road medians, drainage channels, and other unauthorised locations constituted a violation of the environmental laws of Lagos State and would continue to attract the appropriate sanction.
The LAWMA boss urged traders, market associations, property owners, and business operators to maintain proper sanitation around their premises, patronise only their assigned PSP operators, and desist from indiscriminate waste disposal, adding that environmental cleanliness remained a shared responsibility.
He reaffirmed LAWMA’s commitment to combining sustained public enlightenment with firm enforcement to promote responsible environmental behaviour, protect public infrastructure, and sustain a cleaner, healthier, and more liveable Lagos.
As part of Saturday’s enforcement operation, LAWMA sealed Owode Market, Omo Oba Shopping Complex, Oja Oba Market, Irewolede Market, Egan Junction Market, BoA Shopping Complex, Blissful Electronics Stores, as well as several other defaulting shops and commercial premises for environmental sanitation violations.
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