The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it was now mandatory for occupiers of houses in the state to beautify the perimeter areas of their buildings.

The government said a violation of this would attract N250, 000 or the amount the state would incur if it decides to carry out the beautification, or six months imprisonment or other non-custodian sentences.

It added that anyone caught felling trees in the state or trimming them without permission would be fined a minimum of N50, 000 or sent to one year imprisonment.

Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, stated this at the inauguration of the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency at Alausa, Ikeja.

He said, “It is also an offence to walk on lawns and gardens. Urinating, defecating in any of the parks, gardens and open spaces; loitering or soliciting for illegal purposes, smoking and dumping refuse among others in the parks are also offences.”

The commissioner said the government had demonstrated commitment to environmental transformation by its massive greening programmes and would not relent in making the environment more beautiful.

He said the establishment of LASPARK was to create a structure for the beautification and landscaping of open spaces in the state as government had done with other agencies like LAWMA and LASAA.

He added that the state’s Parks and Garden Law of 2011 would enable the agency to function and build on the solid foundation laid by the Conservative and Ecology Department of the ministry.

He said, “As a matter of fact, we are structuring the state in such a way that ministries would formulate policies while agencies would implement and sustain them. We have about 89 agencies in the state and they are all performing well. Other states in the country are understudying them.

“LASPARK will maintain and manage all designated parks and gardens; carry out the general directives and policies of government in respect of parks and recreation centres among other duties.

“We are going to make the law available so that everybody will know what is expected of them. But we will not enforce the law now. We will do so after the traffic law is up and running.”

The General Manager of LASPARK, Olukunle Sotade, said the agency intended to collaborate with all sectors of the economy to build on the good foundation of the CE department.

He urged Lagosians to support the agency to succeed by obeying the parks and garden law.

http://www.punchng.com/news/beautify-your-premises-or-go-to-jail-lagos/

Good intention, bad policy.

bad intention, bad policy

Good intention, good policy.

Good intention, excellent policy

Wonderful intention...fantastic policy

cool idea.....will see how it turns out.

'Beautify your premises or go to jail','You have no choice,than to obey the law(of monetary extortion)in Lagos','If you cannot adjust to our ways in Lagos,then leave'

Hmmm,with the above quotes from Fashola,the guy has truly become despotic

Eko o ni baje,but Fashola ti baje tele tele

Tinubu o se o

excondido: cool idea.....will see how it turns out.

^^^excondido, bros why you come scatter the whole thing nah?.....we were on a roll here .

This is no problem for people living in their beautiful houses in VI, Ikoyi, Lekki, etc. What about many in Mushin, Makoko, Oshodi, Adeniji etc? Where do most of the enforcers(the foot soldiers) of the law live? So long as it will apply to everyone, I have no problem, at all. N250,000 and the jail term! Bring it on Fashola. I will advise Lagos State to build more prisons though. With all the punitive laws made by the state, many people are going to go to jail because many of the people who this law will affect don't have money to pay the fine or even go to court.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS

Nigerians will still be Nigerians.

Like it or not, this is the only way to change the Nigerian populace. The general population is not enlightened enough to listen to or even recognise the voice of reason and common sense. The Chinese leaders recognised this a long time ago.

Wonderful intention, great policy...

Good intention, wicked policy.

obadiah777: THIS IS GREAT NEWS

Wetin u dey find for here? U don dey follow me? :-)

musKeeto:
Wetin u dey find for here? U don dey follow me? :-)

Oga Muskeeto i dey your back like a hunch LOL

Is he paying for it ? VERY SOON LANDLORDS GO INCREASE HOUSE RENT AGAIN JUST BECOS HE NEEDS TO BEAUTIFY HIS HOME

what kinda policy is that

Hun

those criticizing shoulf wait and see what the exat definition of beautify within the context of this law is. might seimply be to clean the area around or something rather basic

GOOD INTENTION.....BT NOT 4 LAGOS

o boy, flower no go dey enuff to make my area fine oo! my area dey grave already, no amount of beautification (planting of trees) will bring it back to life.

war on indiscipline. Behave like a human being or go live in the bush

Furthermore, something needs to be done to curtail the population explosion in lagos. Something like visa requirement before u come to lagos. That place is too congested.

Fashola shld pls build more prison because i can foreseen half of d people living in local area already in jail. Good intention, bad policy. Seconded.

tunapawizzy: what kinda policy is that

it is a clueless policy to generate money for the LASG with very bad intention!

COMMON SENSE IS NOT COMMON TO NIGERIANS.IFDECIPLINE WILL ENFORCE OBEDIENCE THEN THATS THE WAY FORWARD.

I am advicing the Lagos state government to start building more prisons or rather convert MAULAG to a prison.
The rate at which they are speeding towards chaos is alarming..

You dont threaten people with prisons, you draw a plan, give them orientations, help them implement it and everybody is happy.

THIS GO APPLY TO ISALE OJA AGEGE TOO?

Soo_cool: o boy, flower no go dey enuff to make my area fine oo! my area dey grave already, no amount of beautification (planting of trees) will bring it back to life.

as the british say 'your area has gone to the dogs'

Fashola should fund such project because is not all the house owners that have the good financial status.