Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial and industrial hub, is expecting
between 249 days and 275 days of rains this year, Mr Tunji Bello, the
Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, has said.
Bello
announced this on Friday in Lagos at a media briefing to mark the second
year of Governor Babatunde Fashola’s second term in office.
“In
order to improve on de-flooding the state, the ministry has employed
over 7,800 people in its ongoing construction and dredging works across
the state.
“The ministry is constructing and dredging 37 drainage
channels with a construction strategy geared towards facilitating free
flow of water. The construction and dredging translate to a total length
of 40.82 km and cut across 13 local government areas and local council
development areas in the state,’’ Bello said.
He appealed to
residents of the state to clear their drains, and said that the ministry
was committed to the maintenance of the existing drainage channels
across the state and the construction of more.
“Government’s
determination to de-flood the state is every Lagosian’s responsibility
and as such all hands should be on deck in order to record a huge
success this year,’’ he said.
On the non-availability of LAWMA
bins at some major points in the state, the commissioner attributed it
to insecurity and the non-compliance attitude of the people.
“It
will surprise you to know that some people do not pay their LAWMA levies
and it is a general problem. We must all put in a conscious effort to
have a clean environment,’’ he said.
Bello, however, appealed to
the residents to complement the ministry’s efforts by having a change of
attitude by disposing their refuse properly.
culled from PM News
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