By Jimmy
The Lagos State government has shut down the Alaba International Market over poor waste disposal, failure to pay waste bills and gross environmental sanitation offenses.
The Commissioner for Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, made this known on Monday via his official X account.
According to the Commissioner, the shutdown of the popular market in Lagos was supervised by the operatives of the Nigerian police in the state. The sealing of the foremost electronics products market resulted from their inability to comply with the state’s government laws on proper waste disposal and other environmental practices.
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Posting pictures of the closed market, he captioned, “Alaba International Market, Ojo, has been sealed up for poor waste disposal practices, failure to pay their waste bills, and gross environmental sanitation offenses.”
This is not the first time the Lagos State government has shut down popular markets in the state over noncompliance with the state’s waste disposal and other environmental practices laws. The government recently sealed up Mile 12 International Market and Owode Onirin Market for similar offenses.
