The Lagos State Government says it would no longer cancel the monthly
environmental sanitation exercise for national examinations, such as
the West African School Certificate Examination, WASCE, the Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and others.
The
government said it would no longer succumb to any form of blackmail from
agencies of government at the federal, state or local government levels
requesting for the lifting of order on restriction of movement, during
its monthly environmental sanitation exercise.
Commissioner for
the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello disclosed this during inspection of
ongoing environmental projects in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
He
also advised examination bodies both at local, national and
international levels to desist from fixing local or national
examinations like General Certificate Examination, GCE, National
Examination Council, NECO and WASCE on any last Saturday of the month as
the state government would no longer accommodate future requests.
According
to Bello, “event planners, and planning officers at various levels of
government should not fix national, state or local government events on
any of the last Saturdays of the month, as the Lagos State Government
will no longer entertain such request.”
He added that Lagos, as
Africa’s fastest growing mega city, could not afford to toy with the
issue of sanitation as the population of the state has continued to
increase in leaps and bounds, and as such cleaning of all the nooks and
crannies of the state must be done at all times.
The commissioner
warned that the laws of the land was no respecter of persons and as
such individuals, groups, corporate organizations and governments at all
levels should ensure that the last Saturday of every month is kept free
from engagements between 7.00am and 10.00am in order to allow citizens
full participation in the state-wide exercise.
“Whoever chooses
to flout the laws of the state does so at his or her own risk. As we
gradually approach the rainy season, Lagosians should desist from acts
that could contribute to flooding as the state government has commenced
massive cleaning and dredging of primary and secondary channels across
the state in order to attain a flood-free Lagos,” he said.
While
urging Lagosians not to dump waste in unauthorised places such as canals
and drainage channels, Bello advised them not to patronise cart pushers
who usually empty their refuse into drainage channels.
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