Lagos government bans cart pushers, wheelbarrow operators
A cart pusher carrying refuse in Olodi-Apapa Lagos yesterday PHOTOS; KEMI SOKOYA
The Secretary to the State Authorities, Mr Tunji Bello, made this acknowledged in a press launch in Lagos.
Bello stated that with the flag off of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), the continual actions of cart pushers would pose a menace to the success of the initiative.
He stated investigations had revealed that the cart pushers had been liable for plenty of the unlawful dumping of waste in canals and freeway medians at night time time time which causes flooding.
Bello stated that other than constituting environmental nuisance, furthermore they symbolize safety menace.
“What the state authorities has found is that these folks use the night time time time to perpetrate all types of dastardly acts.
“They dump refuse indiscriminately on the median of important roads and highways.
“Furthermore they pose excessive safety threats due to they use these carts to cowl arms and ammunition underneath the guise of carrying refuse to rob unsuspecting residents,” he stated.
Bello stated the state authorities had finalised plans to ensure that the CLI covers each home of the state and that refuses had been accurately packed and picked up.
He urged residents to desist from patronising the banned cart pusher operators or hazard prosecution.
“Safety firms all through the state have been directed to ensure that these discovered nonetheless working are arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the State Environmental Licensed pointers.
“The legal guidelines furthermore applies to residents who patronise cart pushers.
“It's an offence and the state authorities won't hesitate to implement the legal guidelines to place a cease to such adjust to,” Bello stated.
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