Several plazas, malls, and illegal market structures along the Ojuelegba axis and the adjoining Tejuosho Main Market have been sealed by the Lagos State Waste Management Authority for environmental violations.
Bayo Mogaji, LAWMA Head of Department (Lagos/Badagry Axis), disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the enforcement followed repeated violations involving indiscriminate waste disposal on roadways and medians.
The LAWMA official explained that the closure would remain in effect until the entire corridor is cleared of waste and environmental compliance is achieved.
Mogaji, quoting the LAWMA Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, described the indiscriminate disposal of waste as an affront to Lagos State’s megacity status, adding that such practices pose serious health risks to residents.
He emphasized that the Ojuelegba–Tejuosho corridor, being one of Lagos’ most commercially vibrant and traffic-intensive zones, must not be allowed to descend into environmental anarchy under the pretext of commercial activity.
“The agency had continued to receive complaints from members of the public about the habitual conversion of roadsides, drainage channels, and open spaces into refuse dumps—a practice that gravely disfigures the cityscape, endangers public health, and significantly heightens flood vulnerability.
“The environmental integrity of Lagos is inviolable. It is deeply disconcerting that despite sustained public sensitisation, the availability of waste evacuation services, and repeated official warnings, some traders and residents persist in treating public infrastructure with brazen disregard.
“This intervention is fundamentally corrective in intent, aimed at restoring environmental order, civic discipline, and communal responsibility,” Mogaji added.
He added that LAWMA, in collaboration with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps and other relevant regulatory agencies, would extend its surveillance and enforcement operations across markets, highways, and residential areas, warning that violators would face sanctions in line with the state’s environmental laws.
“LAWMA assures the general public that enforcement operations will remain continuous and uncompromising as long as a minority of residents, traders, and commuters persist in flouting the state’s environmental laws,” Mogaji said.
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