Lagos littered with refuse, says Solicitor General

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The Permanent Secretary and Solicitor General of Lagos State, Mr Hameed Oyenuga, on Thursday expressed concern over the worsening state of waste disposal across the state, declaring that Lagos is currently littered with refuse and “this should not be so.”

Oyenuga spoke at the two-day retreat of the Lagos State Special Offences Mobile Court held at Amber Residence, Ikeja.

The retreat has “The Mandate of the Lagos State Special Offences Mobile Court, Strategies for the Path Ahead” as its theme.

He challenged stakeholders to confront what he described as an embarrassing rate of environmental decline.

“Presently, Lagos State is littered with waste, and this should not be so.

“The alarming rate of waste disposal in Lagos is very embarrassing. Virtually everywhere is littered with refuse,” he said.

Oyenuga urged the Ministry of the Environment to take particular interest in addressing the situation, stressing that environmental enforcement must produce practical and visible results.Punch