The Ikoyi Magistrate Court has sentenced 26 persons to community service due to the illegal dumping of waste in some areas of the state.
The offenders were arrested by the enforcement team of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) alongside the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) for dumping refuse in unauthorized places between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
This was revealed in a statement on the website of the Lagos State Government on Wednesday, October 25.
Court sentences 26 persons to community service over indiscriminate waste disposal
The Managing Director of LAWMA, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, stated that the ongoing joint enforcement action has been intensified, in line with the zero-tolerance policy of the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Muyiwa also urged residents to support the effort by having waste bins at home.
“The era of recklessness and disdain for the environment is over. Anyone caught under whatever guise will be made to face the wrath of the law. The exercise is a continuous one” he said
Gbadegesin urged residents to support efforts made to sanitise the environment, by shunning acts of reckless waste disposal, having waste receptacles at home, and patronising only accredited Private Sector Participant, PSP operators, warning that there would be no hiding place for defaulters.