The Lagos State Government has announced it will begin full enforcement of the ban on the use and distribution of single-use plastics and Styrofoam food containers on Monday.
Kunle Adeshina, the spokesperson for the ministry, made this announcement in a statement released on Saturday.
According to the statement, the commissioner emphasized that enforcement teams comprising personnel from LAGESC/KAI, Environmental Health Officials, LAWMA Police, and the Ministry would target individuals possessing Styrofoam containers in their shops, stores, or outlets, confiscating them.
Earlier in his remarks, the Special Adviser on Environment, Mr. Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu charged market leaders with the responsibility of ensuring cleanliness in their respective market places stressing, that selling on the roads should be discouraged by all.
He added that it had been observed that some illegal markets now appoint splinter leaders, one leader for the main market and another for roadside traders saying these illegal acts must be discouraged as it is against the environmental laws of the state.
He called on market leaders to ensure that they have functional public toilets in their markets to curb the menace of open defecation that can pollute the environment as well as desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the markets.
