Lagos Govt gives ultimatum to roadside mechanics, traders to vacate Lagos Island

– Roadside mechanics, hawkers and traders have been given 72 hours to evacuate Lagos Island

Lagos State Government has given 72 hours ultimatum to road side mechanics, hawkers and street traders along the walkways and under bridges in Marina, Lagos Island, to vacate the area or be arrested.

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Mr. Agboola Dabiri, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Central Business District, said on Monday that the directive came from Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, asserting that the government had sworn to bring environmental sanity to every part of the state.

He noted that no amount of resistance and intimidation by miscreants could make the government to rescind its decision make the entire Marina clean.

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Dabiri, therefore, sought total compliance with the directive given to the rodaside mechanics and street traders, who had converted spaces under the bridges, walkways and roads to their workshops.

“The Lagos State Government has observed with dismay the gross abuse of environmental laws and urban planning by the roadside automobile engineers, mechanics and street traders on the Island. The environmental abuse can no longer be tolerated which necessitated the decision to check the illegalities,” he added.