The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources,
Tunji Bello, has ordered all street traders, commercial drivers and
squatters to vacate the outer Marina area. He also threatened to
prosecute whoever fails to adhere to the directive while disclosing
plans by the state government to commence work on the beautification and
landscaping of the area. The commissioner said in a statement that
operatives of the State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences
Unit would from next week move to the area to enforce the law.
He urged all commercial vehicle operators in the area to move to the
designated parks, warning them against picking passengers along the
road. He also urged pedestrians to use the overhead bridge, saying
defaulters would be arrested. “The State Task Force on Environment will
soon move to Ikoyi and Victoria Island to clean up the area by ridding
it of all environmental nuisances, hawkers and street traders among
others,” he said.
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