Category: Environment

Towards creating a sustainable, organised and tourism-friendly environment, the Lagos State Government over the weekend charged residents on the need to ensure effective cleanliness and protection of waterfronts in the State. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello who gave the charge when he spoke at the 2nd edition of the Lagos Waterfront Clean-Up at the Lagos Ferry Jetty in Mile 2, also challenged the users of waterways and by extension waterfronts to see it as a precious gift of nature and to continuously protect it.…

The Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development on Thursday held a stakeholders’ workshop on Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Regulations and Building Control Regulations, 2019 to enlighten stakeholders on the provisions of the law and the constitution of a Physical Planning and Building Control Appeals Committee by the State Government. The Physical Planning Permit and Building Control Regulations 2019 was recently passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly while the Physical Planning and Building Control Appeals Committee was approved by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Commissioner for…

The Lagos State government has reiterated total intolerance of illegal and reckless waste disposal, in unauthorized places. This followed the arrest, preparatory to prosecution of some residents of Aboru in Alimosho, whose wards were recently caught emptying bags of trash in a drainage channel at the front of their home, during a recent heavy downpour, on the instructions of their parents. Speaking on this, the Managing Director of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, reminded residents of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s executive order on zero tolerance to environmental infractions, stressing…

Lagos State Government has alerted residents on the rise of sea water level resulting in the inability of the lagoon to discharge water into the ocean, thereby causing backflow into the drainage channels. According to the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, officials of the state are already working on different measures that would allow easy flow of water in the affected areas. He added that the state Government is also in talks with the officials of the Ogun Osun River Basin Authority which is releasing…

Wale JAGUN -Commissioner charges LG Chairmen to ensure continuous drainage desilting After many years of the neglect of canals which have been causing flooding within and around the Ikorodu township, the Lagos State Government, during the week, begun the clearing of the canals to ensure free-flow of water in them. Our reporter sighted a heavy duty machine, belonging to the Lagos State Public Works, clearing  the canal beside Abel Abu house at Ota-Ona. It was gathered that the desilting of the canals commenced from the Alagbafo river (Odo Alagbafo which…