The Lagos State Government has clarified reports making rounds on social media that the monthly environmental sanitation in the State has been outlawed, saying that the policy on the monthly exercise has not been reviewed for now.

In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the government said the erroneous story which was attributed to the State’s Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare was inaccurate.
Ayorinde said that Dr. Adejare was misquoted out of context when he indicated that the restriction of movement may be dispensed with, he did not in any way suggest that the monthly sanitation had been outlawed.

Ayorinde said, “While Dr. Adejare did meet with journalists today and indicated that the restriction of movement every last Saturday of the month would ultimately be dispensed with, he did not say the monthly sanitation exercise would no longer hold in Lagos.

“The last two sanitation exercises could not hold due to the JAMB examination in February and the Easter celebration in March. Nevertheless, the Lagos state government had always encouraged residents to clean their environment and observe hygienic behaviors, without necessarily having to shut the state down.

“It is the wish of Lagos State government to ensure that every part of the state is clean with wastes properly disposed and this will always involve a concerted effort on the part of the government and citizens alike.

“However, while it may become necessary in the near future to observe this clean-up exercise regularly without having to restrict vehicular movement, we wish to clarify that the monthly environmental exercise is still in force in Lagos State for now”.

http://www.newsheadlines.com.ng/latest-news/2016/03/31/lagos-state-government-deny-abolishing-monthly-sanitation/

Tot as much

I for say.....as filthy and stinking as Lagos is how can they abolish sanitation?

If anything it should be weekly in Lagos!

its a lie! Lagos did not abolish monthly sanitation

Amazing confusion

De Nile again.

Ok

Who are we now going to believe now?? Fake news everywhere

Who is that funny blogger na

Good one... Some imbreds will still throw there dirts on d streets and gutters, instead of dumping 'em in waste bins provided by government.

Our internet space has been filled with the news from Lai Mohammed prodigy!

Which one do we believe? Why has the bloggers and news media turned to lie more than the devil?

Thank God

Blame the hungry social media bloggers

That's How APC has Turned Nigeria Upside down...every day we See Crazy News Articles and Crazy Denials

As usual there's always a second side to the story

Buhari and his contagious confusion.

Back to SCS, simple common sense!

You dont scrap a good idea unless you have a better one.

Lagosians would just have added another Saturday to the endless PARTY weekends!

And again, someone just remembered you dont scrap a LAW with a statement. Big goof!

Trainee leaders!

Lagos state didnt. Gov Ambode did.

Seems the Commissioner is high on weed when he made the announcemement

na waoh!
thank God sha!

Nothing difference from the first news if u ask me.

Better.

Na wa for dis accusation and counter- accusation going on in the country in recent times o! Propaganda everywhere!!!

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Ko buru

Pathetic and highly disappointing. Singapore, Tokyo etc are among some of the most cleanest cities in the world and THEY don't have a DAY for environmental sanitation. Cleaning should be done every day.

Only in Africa.

Have anyone noticed that most APC'S news headlines contains the word deny?