The Lagos State Government said on Monday in Lagos that it had begun to seal off houses without standard toilets.
Oluwatoyin Awosika, the Director of Public Enlightenment in the state’s Ministry of Information and Strategy, told NAN that the closure of the houses was to check “unwholesome practices” such as open defecation.
According to him, the government is also embarking on public enlightenment to educate residents on the dangers of open defecation.
“We would continue to educate people on the need to stop open defaecation.
“Again, you don’t blame some of these people for doing these things, so many houses don’t have toilets.
“So many houses don’t have bathrooms, so naturally, you find these people doing it outside.
“Government cannot take all landlords and start inspecting all the houses, but the Ministry of Health, ‘Wole, Wole’ Inspection Officers, the houses they go and they find that there are no toilets, they seal them up.
“That is an ongoing thing; their own is just to go round the environment, enter any residential or official premises, inspect; once they see any defect, they give them an ultimatum to put such things into practice.
“And once they are not done, they are sanctioned according to the law.
“The environmental law is clear, every house must have a standard kitchen, standard toilet, standard bathroom, they must have proper drainages around the house and water system.
“The education is endless, we do our own, the health officers do theirs; the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Office do education.
“And then when they have done enough education in certain areas, they do the enforcement and the enforcement is, those who run foul are brought before its tribunal.”
He stated that the state government is working closely with several non-government organisations with a view to changing the attitude of residents towards open defaecation.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/01/04/lagos-govt-seals-off-houses-lacking-standard-toilets/
Lalasticlala, may

[size=16pt]So that means them go shut about 60% of houses for Lagos [/size]

Lagos has always been progressive in matters of urban renewal and town planning.
I believe it's the only state in Nigeria that enforces the sound level code , shutting down churches and mosques that go above the accepted level.

Some big malls/shopping centres in FCT don't have toilets
When you ask the renters they look at you like you asking for diamonds, yet we want tourism to develop or we get surprised at outbreaks of communicable diseases.

mke them just leave this trash houses for lawma

Lagocians be ready to dodge bagged sh*t on the road.

Den shut down Ladipo because they refused to clean up the place and stop their dirty habits, but den claim victimization and tribalism.


Den shut down electronics market because they refused to clean up the place and stop their dirty habits, but den claim victimization and tribalism again...


Some people just can not be lawful and peaceful members of any society...

ok

Ambo......we never reach

Okay

50% percent of houses in Lagos will be gone now ! All these initial gra gra! There is the problem of inconsistency in Lagos state programmmes.

LASTMA-- Haven't sanitized the roads
KAI - They are still kaiing their brains out, don't know what they are doing. Toilet monitoring is now part of their responsibility

LAMATA- still unorganized as regards the upgraded danfos! Hope this new AC buses are maintained

Leave trash for LAWMA

MORE PHOTOS http://www.hygist.com/2016/01/breaking-lagos-govt-seals-off-houses.html

Welp

Good move

Endtime Law



Endtime State

Eko o ni baje ooo


Obaje ti

We also need more public toilets.

I concur

Psalm18:
Lagos has always been progressive in matters of urban renewal and town planning.
I believe it's the only state in Nigeria that enforces the sound level code , shutting down churches and mosques that go above the accepted level.

Some big malls/shopping centres in FCT don't have toilets
When you ask the renters they look at you like you asking for diamonds, yet we want tourism to develop or we get surprised at outbreaks of communicable diseases.

They should just tell us they sealed the whole of lagos

e go hrd for LASG to win dis battle watching in 3D

D

arresa:
Den shut down Ladipo because they refused to clean up the place and stop their dirty habits, but den claim victimization and tribalism.


Den shut down electronics market because they refused to clean up the place and stop their dirty habits, but den claim victimization and tribalism again...


Some people just can not be lawful and peaceful members of any society...

Stop looking for trouble. This is 2016

In timaya voice I concur

Good move, especially houses in Clustered areas such as Agege, Orile, Bariga, Mushin and Oshodi.
Some of the areas mentioned don't have water closet....pit latrine also know as Shalanga! Many use shot-put method....shout out to hall 2 girls(uniben), well it would help them to reduce communicable diseases such as cholera, toliet infections e.t.c bad market for drug merchant in "molue" and lawma would pick up a lot of trash with feaces.

bravo!

Govt should provide toilets nah

jaymejate:
[size=16pt]So that means them go shut about 60% of houses for Lagos [/size]

They said Lagos not Ibadan.

arresa:
Den shut down Ladipo because they refused to clean up the place and stop their dirty habits, but den claim victimization and tribalism.


Den shut down electronics market because they refused to clean up the place and stop their dirty habits, but den claim victimization and tribalism again...


Some people just can not be lawful and peaceful members of any society...

Dirty one calling his superiors dirty, end time blame game.

nice move.....

Nigeria problem plenty sha

centvin008:
The Lagos State Government said on Monday in Lagos that it had begun to seal off houses without standard toilets.
Oluwatoyin Awosika, the Director of Public Enlightenment in the state’s Ministry of Information and Strategy, told NAN that the closure of the houses was to check “unwholesome practices” such as open defecation.
According to him, the government is also embarking on public enlightenment to educate residents on the dangers of open defecation.
“We would continue to educate people on the need to stop open defaecation.
“Again, you don’t blame some of these people for doing these things, so many houses don’t have toilets.
“So many houses don’t have bathrooms, so naturally, you find these people doing it outside.
“Government cannot take all landlords and start inspecting all the houses, but the Ministry of Health, ‘Wole, Wole’ Inspection Officers, the houses they go and they find that there are no toilets, they seal them up.
“That is an ongoing thing; their own is just to go round the environment, enter any residential or official premises, inspect; once they see any defect, they give them an ultimatum to put such things into practice.
“And once they are not done, they are sanctioned according to the law.
“The environmental law is clear, every house must have a standard kitchen, standard toilet, standard bathroom, they must have proper drainages around the house and water system.
“The education is endless, we do our own, the health officers do theirs; the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Office do education.
“And then when they have done enough education in certain areas, they do the enforcement and the enforcement is, those who run foul are brought before its tribunal.”
He stated that the state government is working closely with several non-government organisations with a view to changing the attitude of residents towards open defaecation.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/01/04/lagos-govt-seals-off-houses-lacking-standard-toilets/
Lalasticlala, may

Ambode, are you sure this is well thought out?
Lagosians would soon be leaving sh*t for lawma #leavethrashforlawma...