Montaque:
I wonder if Fashola and the lagos state APC government will obey this ruling in the same manner they lauded and praised the earlier ruling by the Sokoto FHC on use of the Military during the polls.
Some judgements are out of tune with our nigerian clime.

Dragonking:
Good for fashola. Now he will know that GEJ is his boss...
Click like for GEJ and share for GMB..Let's see who wins.

slimmy05:
Is Fashola above the law?

princesslucy83:
ooooooooooh , loving this report. It`s usually very embarrassing how one get stuk at the airport for hours or miss flight cos of sanitation in Lagos.

Good bless FHC Lagos.

mmsen:
Instead of forcing people to engage in a day of sanitation it would be better educate people on the need for cleanliness followed by fines for those who are caught or known to litter and block drainage; stop the construction of buildings for which there is no permit or plans for adequate drainage; fine those who do not paint or clean the facade of their premises within a set period of time.

It isn't for a government to tell people when they should and should not move around - curfews are a military tactic, peaceful civilians should not be subjected to such actions.

JeffreyJamez:
How many people dey Even clean up sef..... most people just sit at home till 10,then thEy move.

franciskaine:
Nigerians always jubilating when a very useless judgment is given. Hitherto now when this policy was never in existence, people would stay for years in a littered environment without making efforts to clean it up. It took the pro-activeness of govt to instill environmental sanity into us. One thing I can guarantee is a very dirty lagos state if this unhealthy law scales through.

sucess001:
strange decision...



Strange indeed...



That rule has been in existence as far as i can remember...



I want to know the legal basis of the judgement...

Bluetooth2:


That judge must be a dirty man

praise010:


I beat you to that. I ve already filed a similar suit at Awka. Waiting for Rulling/Judgement before the end of the month.

I know Lagos State will appeal. Just like the toll gate suit, we shall await the Court of Appeal pronouncement. I just hope the Counsel that brought the suit will do a well researched brief for the appeal.

chillykelly86:


Its not an "unhealthy law", its a (correct) interpretation of one of the laws known as "Basic Human Rights". Its called "Freedom of Movement". Until you nullify that law, no one ought to restrict another's movement because of sanitation exercise.

Thanks

franciskaine:
are you actually describing Nigerians or Americans? The fact remains that we lack these effective Institutional mechanism to effectively punish defiants, more so, our population still lacks the educational know-how on the relevance of clean environment.

franciskaine:
have you bothered asking yourself what was the situation of things in Lagos and Nigeria in general before this practice was introduced? Nigeria was a stinking place to live in, save for the enforcement of no movement approach. Am not in anyway giving total credence to the restriction of movement in a democracy, but I am of the opinion that until we attain that level of educational maturity on the relevance of clean environment, such laws should be used as a tool of checkmating our deficiencies.

franciskaine:
have you bothered asking yourself what was the situation of things in Lagos and Nigeria in general before this practice was introduced? Nigeria was a stinking place to live in, save for the enforcement of no movement approach. Am not in anyway giving total credence to the restriction of movement in a democracy, but I am of the opinion that until we attain that level of educational maturity on the relevance of clean environment, such laws should be used as a tool of checkmating our deficiencies.

OrlandoOwoh:
This judgement only encourages people to keep their environment untidy.

CONSTITUTION OF THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
1999

Schedules
Fourth Schedule
Functions of a Local Government Council
1. The main functions of a local government council are as follows:
(a) the consideration and the making of recommendations to a State commission on economic planning or any similar body on -
(i) the economic development of the State, particularly in so far as the areas of authority of the council and of the State are affected, and

(ii) proposals made by the said commission or body;

(b) collection of rates, radio and television licences;
(c) establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm;
(d) licensing of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheel barrows and carts;
(e) establishment, maintenance and regulation of slaughter houses, slaughter slabs, markets, motor parks and public conveniences;
(f) construction and maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains and other public highways, parks, gardens, open spaces, or such public facilities as may be prescribed from time to time by the House of Assembly of a State;
(g) naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses;
(h) provision and maintenance of public conveniences, sewage and refuse disposal;

More from: http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/documents/ConstitutionalMatters/1999Constitution/FourthSchedule.html

anonimi:


It encourages the LGAs to do their constitutional DUTY for which they receive monthly allocation from Abuja derived from Niger Delta oil revenues. Thankfully the judge nullified one of the clueless legacies of Buhari's senseless military DICTATORSHIP.







Abi you don hear sey dem dey lock people inside dem houses for obodo oyinbo sake of sey dem want clean dem environment

mmsen:


Read what I wrote again - I mentioned the need to educate first.

Nigeria has a bloated civil service - why not make them earn their keep?

LASTMA seem to have no issues collecting fines - so your claim about no mechanisms to effectively punish 'deviants' is false.