Officers of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) have embarked on an enforcement raid aimed at dislodging and immobilising street traders and hawkers around Iyana-Ipaja, Egbeda and Ikeja.

The operation sanctioned by the new Corps Marshall, Akinpelu Gbemisola, a retired Commissioner of Police, was led by Deputy Corps Marshal (Operations), Mr Kazeem Ganiyu and also accompanied by the Deputy Corps Marshal (Staff and Discipline), Alhaji Adeleke Adeesan, traversed the Iyana Ipaja axis of the state.

The officers dislodged traders around Dopemu road to Alaagba Garage, Old Iyana-Ipaja road, Iyana-Ipaja roundabout bus stop, Akowonjo road, Egbeda bus stop, Dopemu road inward Lagos Abeokuta Expressway, Ikeja Along bus stop and National bus stop.

The operation, which lasted for an hour, covered parts of Iyana-Ipaja, Egbeda and Ikeja, while security backup was provided by the Lagos Taskforce which has entrenched a working synergy with the agency.

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These defiant readers have been sensitized adequately on the dangers of street trading and hawking but choose to test the will of the government’s Environmental Protection law.

The new Corps Marshal of the agency had emphasised on zero tolerance for indiscipline among officers and especially traders that display their wares on the sidewalks, laybacks, drainages, pedestrian bridges and roads.

Speaking during the operation, DCM (OPS), Mr Kazeem Ganiyu expressed readiness to combat and stem the tide of street trading in Lagos, while applying a human face of advocacy and warnings before enforcing.

He recounted the violent nature of street traders and warned them to do the needful as their time is up, vowing that no effort would be spared in passionately ensuring that the mandate of the agency is protected and not left to ruins.

According to LAGESC, "The street traders display their products on the main road thereby inhibiting right of movement of pedestrians, deliberately assaulting passersby with verbal insults and obstructing free flow of traffic for road users.

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"The traders prefer to engage in wishful thinking as there is no place for that in Lagos. Various street trading apparatus were destroyed and rendered obsolete while goods were seized. As required by law, they have been automatically forfeited and vested in the state. Perishables have since been distributed to motherless babies homes while the non-perishables will be auctioned by the court as at when due which will be published after the agency seeks an auction order. This is routine procedure as no goods whatsoever is returned or returned illegally to any defaulting trader. Arrested street traders have been made to undergo community service to further deter them from this nefarious acts.

"The agency remains committed to creating a cleaner environment for Lagosians and will stop at all lawful engagements and acts within the provisions of the law to sensitise and do the needful.

"It is also worthy to note that the agency has issued an ultimatum to street traders as they would not have it easy desecrating the environment and blocking drainages with waste incurred from their products. The local government are also advised to stop encouraging street trading by issuing bogus tickets to street traders as it contravenes the law. The agency is empowered to prevent street trading and hawking, and the LGs must fall in line because it will be tantamount to obstructing our jurisdiction and area of engagement," the agency said.

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Source:
https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/08/lagesc-dislodges-street-traders-hawkers.html

Chaii....

My question is this.... Have the government made available another means of survival or another environment where these road side sellers can utilize in order to make a living?

Just asking Thoo

If the answer is yes... Then this is a welcome development in Lagos State

I wish they can come to Idumota and Tinubu... Those sellers there are something else and very abusive

See more pictures here

https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/08/lagesc-dislodges-street-traders-hawkers.html

This people are just being inhuman

Ya'll are running outta stuff to push to frontpage

Na today!

passyhansome:
EWFGFADSFA

Who did this to you?

disheartening but necessary in some locations..

Nigeria is a zoo. Although those traders are wrong but how do they afford shop rent of 10k a month

Chai


You can’t feed your people and your people are sourcing for ways to feed themselves and you are still restricting them from feeding themselves

What does this government want?

How would there not be
Olosho
Robbers
Kidnappers
Ritualist
Etc

Provide alternative or leave this people to fend for themselves

Iyapaja,iyana iba the trader menace no be level one..

APC progress!!! . U reap what u sow!

Some of those LAGESC tout don't know what it means to setup business for their wives, but once they embark on a mission, u will see them flexing mousles while destroying people's properties.

Small small market way people take dey manage there life..

Why not create an avenue for them to sell instead of destroying what dey have.......u just dey add insult upon injury for people

PureGoldh:
Chaii....

My question is this.... Have the government made available another means of survival or another environment where these road side sellers can utilize in order to make a living?

Just asking Thoo

If the answer is yes... Then this is a welcome development in Lagos State

There are shops available for them but because the kind of money they're making selling by the road side and the less fees they pay to agberos won't allow them go rent a shop and be safe from all this road accidents, *trailer or bus failing brakes*

Must everything be about government

PureGoldh:
Chaii....

My question is this.... Have the government made available another means of survival or another environment where these road side sellers can utilize in order to make a living?

Just asking Thoo

If the answer is yes... Then this is a welcome development in Lagos State

Nothing stays forever

See the way these men are demolishing someone else's sweat and source of income without providing for them an alternative for survival

Bleep the government

Meanwhile check out my signature and thread for beautiful offers on electronics

ForkDragnet:
There are shops available for them but because the kind f money they're maing selling by the road side and less fees they pay to agberos won't allow go rent a shop and be safe from all this road accidents, *trailer or bus failing brakes*

I understand your point bro.... 9ja is all about the hustle but I don't support the idea of it in a wrong way...

I personally do not support trading close to the road/highway....too dangerous

For those blaming the guys, did you hear what happened at Ajala bus stop just last week and how many people lost their lives/body parts?

I respect people's hussle but should never be at the detriment of your safety, if anything happens is it not those you went to fend for that you put in greater 'wahala'?

In ALL you do always put Safety FIRST yes YOU

It is well.

Rubbish...


LASEGC are getting paid for their work, these street sellers only have one source of living and you are destroying their properties like this...


OMG!!!

Barbarian �s Afonjas in uniforms. Who has the government helped to survive that they take away foods from poor masses?

prettyem:
I personally do not support trading close to the road/highway....too dangerous

For those blaming the guys, did you hear what happened at Ajala bus stop just last week and how many people lost their lives/body parts?

I respect people's hussle but should never be at the detriment of your safety, if anything happens is it not those you went to fend for that you put in greater 'wahala'?

In ALL you do always put Safety FIRST yes YOU

so where should they have stayed rightfully mister helper?

prettyem:
I personally do not support trading close to the road/highway....too dangerous

For those blaming the guys, did you hear what happened at Ajala bus stop just last week and how many people lost their lives/body parts?

I respect people's hussle but should never be at the detriment of your safety, if anything happens is it not those you went to fend for that you put in greater 'wahala'?

In ALL you do always put Safety FIRST yes YOU

so where should they have stayed rightfully mister helper? So what provision has the government put up?

PureGoldh:
Chaii....

My question is this.... Have the government made available another means of survival or another environment where these road side sellers can utilize in order to make a living?

Just asking Thoo

If the answer is yes... Then this is a welcome development in Lagos State

Is that the right place to be selling things,who provided those risky road sides for them to be selling items in the first place?Most of these traders put their goods at walk ways,dirty the environments and even insult you if you want to even pass at the walkways as if its their inherited bedrooms ,aside all that,the road sides they sell things too risky because of unexpected failing vehicles coming from nowhere at anytime.
I will say its good development and they need to also give them good orientation about the whole things.

Olayetan:
Chai


You can’t feed your people and your people are sourcing for ways to feed themselves and you are still restricting them from feeding themselves

What does this government want?

How would there not be
Olosho
Robbers
Kidnappers
Ritualist
Etc

Provide alternative or leave this people to fend for themselves

So if some people decides to display their wares on the road, it now the responsibility of the government to provide stalls for them? especially where the government has no plan for a market place? If na so Oyinbo dey display market anyhow for road, una for no dey run go there for holiday.

On a serious note, Lagos is seriously over populated.