This directive was issued by Governor Seyi Makinde in his newsletter dated July 28, 2022.
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The Minister made the disclosure in a statement issued by her Special Assistant on Media, Austine Elemue, on Sunday in Abuja.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the warning on Tuesday at the launch of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) Academy, LAWMA Community Marshals and LAWMA Street Captains at Ijora, Lagos
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday declared zero tolerance on operators of illegal abattoirs and slaughter slabs, waste mismanagement and unhygienic handling of meat in the state.
The Commissioner for Environment, Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday.
Tinubu gave the assurance on Friday in Lagos during a meeting with the Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria, otherwise known as PSP.
He said: “When you put your refuse in bags and containers properly in your home, it will prevent rodents from visiting the refuse point or turning it to breeding place
These solid wastes are becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes, flies and other pastes and reptiles which could lead to health hazards. Due to the indiscriminate way people are dumping refuse in a places like river banks, pond and lake within our urban and rural communities which pave ways for nesting of various kind of diseases cholera typhoid and other types of waterborne diseases that are harmful to human beings, there is ever increasing rate of pollution of water as result of persistent waste disposal into the water
Ben Akabueze, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, made the disclosure in Lagos at a roundtable business meeting organised by the Sam Ohuabunwa Foundation for Economic Empowerment