The Lagos State government has totally banned street trading, hawking, building of illegal structures on drainage setbacks and the display of wares on walkways across the state.
The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, made the announcement in a statement in Lagos on Friday.
Wahab said that the State Environmental Sanitation Corps, LAGESC, had been directed to strictly enforce compliance of the environmental sanitation laws.
According to him, the latest offensive was meant to curtail the nefarious activities of hawkers who disguised to rob motorists and also disrupt the free flow of traffic on highways and streets.
Meanwhile, the commissioner also effected the sealing up of Ladipo market in Mushin in the early hours of Friday following several environmental offences, including reckless waste disposal, unhygienic premises and non-payment of waste bills, amongst others.
Source: NAN