The Lagos State government on Monday sealed up the popular Alaba International Market over environmental and sanitation breaches.
According to the State Commissioner for Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, the market was shut over poor waste disposal, failure to pay waste bills, and gross environmental sanitation offences, among others.
According to Wahab in a post on X, the sealing of the electronics products market was as a result of their inability to comply with the state’s government laws on proper waste disposal and other environmental practices.
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The Commissioner posted a picture of the sealed market on his X account and wrote:
“Alaba International Market, Ojo, has been sealed up for poor waste disposal practices, failure to pay their waste bills, and gross environmental sanitation offences.”
In the past one month, the Lagos government has embarked on a mission of sanitizing markets across the state which has seen the shutting down popular markets like the Mile 12 International Market, Balogun Market, Ladipo Market, Aspamda Market, Owode Onirin Market among others, for similar offences.
