Lagos seals Ladipo market over environmental violations
The Lagos State Authorities has sealed the Ladipo Spare Components Market alongside the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport Highway on the Apapa–Oshodi Expressway over repeated environmental violations.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner for the Surroundings and Water Assets, Tokunbo Wahab, in a submit shared on X on Sunday.
The motion varieties a part of the state’s ongoing enforcement drive to curb environmental degradation and unlawful actions alongside main roads.
Based on Tokunbo Wahab, the market was shut for repeated acts of indiscriminate waste disposal and unlawful road buying and selling alongside the freeway hall.
The closure was aimed toward implementing compliance with environmental laws and restoring order alongside the freeway.
The enforcement train additionally aligns with the state’s efforts to enhance sanitation, visitors circulation and public security on main roads.
Ladipo Spare Components Market, situated in Mushin, is likely one of the largest vehicle spare components hubs in Lagos and attracts merchants and patrons from throughout the state and past.
Just a few years in the past, the Lagos State Authorities shut down the market in Mushin for a number of environmental offences, together with reckless waste disposal, unhygienic situations and non‑fee of waste payments, amongst others. The closure was meant to compel merchants and market stakeholders to satisfy obligatory environmental requirements earlier than operations may resume.
That motion was a part of a broader enforcement wave that noticed different main markets corresponding to Oyingbo, Agbado Oke‑Odo and Alayabiagba briefly sealed for comparable infractions.
Residential buildings in Ikota GRA had been sealed by the state authorities for discharging wastewater into public drains, as a part of enforcement on sanitation and wastewater violations that additionally affected lodges, church buildings and different services over the previous 12 months.
The Lagos State Environmental Safety Company (LASEPA) sealed a number of leisure and hospitality venues for persistent noise air pollution and different environmental breaches, following a number of warnings that had been ignored by their administration.
The services spanned components of Victoria Island, Elegushi Seaside and Lekki Part 1, and included Mania Lounge, Voda Seaside Membership and Meadow Corridor Faculty amongst others cited for repeated violations of environmental laws.
LASEPA additionally sealed Mild Home Membership on Admiralty Approach, Lekki for failing to adjust to noise air pollution laws after a number of notices had been uncared for, with the closure to stay in drive till the membership demonstrated compliance with noise management requirements.