Lagos Govt Inaugurates Task Force To Tackle Indiscriminate Refuse Disposal

The Lagos State government on Saturday inaugurated a Special Task Force to monitor the metropolis, bus stops, garages and lay-bys against indiscriminate waste dumping, charging transport union members to henceforth act as environmental Police.
Addressing the meeting held at the state secretariat in Alausa which had in attendance top government functionaries and the leadership of the two main transport unions National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), the commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi commended the unions for past collaboration and especially on the reintroduced monthly sanitation exercise.
“The ...