Following the successful evacuation of Street traders, shanties, illegally parked vehicles and miscreants on the stretch of outer Marina, as part of the efforts to restore greenery, Lagos State government has extended the exercise to areas around MCwen Bridge, down to Muson Centre, to the Flag Staff House, Police AIG Zone 2 office Road, Onikan. Race Course Roundabout, stretching to the old State House Marina
The State, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, declared a zero tolerance for street trading, operation of food courts on the roadsides, indiscriminately parking of vehicles along the stretch of the listed roads, under the bridges and or any other areas where free flow of traffic is inhibited within the state.
Bello also gave marching orders that operatives of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) must continually ensure that no street trader is found in any of the areas henceforth and they should also maintain motorised patrols to clear any spill over of traders and goods.
The Commissioner added that the same applies to owners of all vehicles abandoned or parked indiscriminately on the roadsides including the Onikan alignment. He urged the owners to remove such vehicles immediately or risk being towed away.
He directed the Lagos State Waste Management Authority LAWMA to deploy more street sweeping gangs to all the listed areas to ensure continuous sweeping of both dirt and sand and provision of special gangs to monitor the effectiveness of the sweeping gangs.
He added that Lagos State Parks and Garden Agency LASPARK, on its part on a daily basis clear all vegetal nuisances noticed in the listed areas and roads and also ensure that some of the areas that have lawns converted into clothes hanging lines are cleaned up immediately.
Bello said the task of cleaning up Lagos and restoring the greenery has begun and that there would be no looking back, reiterating that after the completion of the Clean-Up of Marina and its sorrounding areas, the next port of call would be Ikoyi and Victoria Island.
