CITIZENS COMPASS— In commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ by Christians globally, the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) popularly known as KAI has enjoined Lagos residents to maintain environmentally-positive practices during and after Easter.
This was contained in a press statement signed by the Corps Marshal, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (Rtd) to newsmen at the Agency’s Command Headquarters situated at Bolade-Oshodi. According to the Corps Marshal, “The resurrection of Jesus Christ is quite significant to the global Christian faith at Easter. Also important that during the celebration, Lagosians maintain best practices for the environment such as proper waste disposal whilst eschewing acts such as street trading, open defecation and urination, possession of valid waste collection contracts and observing monthly environmental sanitation exercises by the State”
Cole also enjoined traders to desist from displaying wares for sale on the road setbacks, lay-bys, medians, verges, kerbs, citing how street trading culminates in vehicular and pedestrian gridlock on roads in the metropolis.
The retired Major also read the riot act to owners of buildings to obtain a valid waste collection contract as defaulters will be made to face the wrath of the law when apprehended for improper waste disposal and failure to subscribe to an approved PSP operator to cart away refuse periodically.
In his final remarks, Cole admonished Lagosians to voluntarily observe the monthly environmental sanitation exercise by the State, refrain from engaging in acts of open defecation and urination, just as he enjoined transiting Lagos residents to prioritize safety by using strategically-erected pedestrian bridges when crossing major highways in the State.
