PHOTOS: Lagos shuts market over poor sanitation

Officials from the Lagos Waste Management Authority and the state Environmental Sanitation Corps have sealed the Oja Oba Market at Ile Epo area of the state over poor sanitary conditions.

The LAWMA Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, made this known in a statement on X.com on Sunday.

Gbadegesin wrote, “Following complaints from concerned members of the public, particularly #Freestuv1, Oja Oba market at Ile Epo was sealed this morning by a combined #ZeroToleranceLagos Task Force consisting of #Lawma_gov Monitoring and Compliance Team and men and women of #LAGESCOfficial.

“This market has become notorious for very poor sanitary conditions and failure to comply with set waste management regulations.”

He added that the action was taken to protect members of the public from food-borne and water-borne diseases like cholera, typhoid, and dysentery.

He also urged members of the public to raise the alarm anywhere they see poor sanitary practices in markets or other business outlets.

PUNCH reported in February that LAWMA officials similarly sealed Ire-Akari Market in the Isolo area of Lagos over poor sanitation.

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