Lagos govt partners foundation on clean environment initiative
The Lagos Voice authorities has purchased give a increase to from the Kokun Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, for its natty ambiance and market initiative. The recount additionally identified as on market merchants and residents to adopt factual environmental sanitation and hygiene practices.
The Commissioner for Environment and Water Property, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, made the call while web web hosting the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Kokun Foundation, Mr Olukokun Adepeju, on the Alausa Secretariat. Adepeju led a team of widows and volunteers on a avenue existing and sensitisation consult with to highlight the significance of environmental cleanliness.
Wahab emphasised the significance of collaboration between the authorities and residents in reaching a sustainable ambiance. “The Dapper Market Initiative, I'm contented Kokun himself led this march. We as a authorities can’t construct ample with out the residents’ give a increase to. So I implore you all to eradicate doing this till we fetch all our people on the identical page with the authorities on environmental hygiene. Cleanliness is next to godliness. That’s what all our non secular books repeat us,” he talked about.
He reiterated the administration’s dedication to promoting a natty and wholesome ambiance, reducing the possibility of disease outbreaks, and encouraging community participation in extinguish management. Constant with Wahab, residents must originate cleanliness a formula of life by affirming their properties, atmosphere, and drainage methods while guaranteeing shapely extinguish disposal.
“Residents would possibly maybe maybe also just silent refrain from dumping extinguish on roads, avenue medians, originate spaces, or canals and eradicate a long way flung from originate urination and defecation,” Wahab talked about, adding that offenders would be prosecuted below recount environmental laws.
He additionally entreated merchants to relocate their items from roadways into markets to own a cleaner, safer, and flood-free ambiance.
On behalf of the authorities, Wahab expressed gratitude to the Kokun Foundation for its efforts. “Phrases by myself are now not ample to precise how we feel about this cleanup market sensitisation initiative. So, on behalf of all people right here, I desire to instruct thank you very grand, and don’t let it pause right here. Retain sending the message throughout to all people about affirming factual environmental sanitation practices,” he talked about.
In response, Adepeju counseled the authorities’s dedication to affirming a sustainable ambiance. He popular that the Foundation had visited several markets to educate merchants on environmental cleanliness and to blame extinguish disposal.
