Lagos Govt Closes Two Popular Markets (Photos)

The Lagos State government has closed the popular Mile 12 International Market and Owode Onirin Market along Ikorodu Road.

The Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, announced the sealing of the markets in a statement on Friday morning.

He said the markets were sealed in a joint operation by the personnel of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) for indiscriminate dumping and burning of refuse.

The Commissioner said the markets were sealed because they were dirty, lamenting that all the drainages in the markets have been blocked with waste.

Wahab also lamented the menace of illegal and indiscriminate parking and the abandonment of trucks on the major road, thereby impeding the free flow of traffic.

The commissioner, however, said the market would remain closed until the traders and market stakeholders met the mandatory redress conditions.

He said, “As I instructed, enforcement operatives from LAWMA and KAI in a joint operation in the early hours of today (Friday, October 13) sealed up the Mile 12 International Market and Owode Onirin market along Ikorodu Road for indiscriminate dumping and burning of refuse, filthy environment, blocked and littered drainages, menace of illegal and indiscriminate parking and abandonment of trucks on the major road, thereby impeding free flow of traffic.”

Recall that the state government recently sealed the popular Ladipo Auto Parts Market and others in Mushin and some other parts of the state for dirtiness and indiscriminate dumping of refuse.