Lagos tell residents make dem no dump dirt for canals after Ikeja and Ikorodu cleanup

Lagos officials don again ask residents make dem no dump rubbish for canals and drainage channels after October sanitation exercise for Ikeja and Ikorodu. Reports wey come out on 1 November describe organised cleanup and warn say dirt fit block channels again if dumping continue. Di reports no prove say dem don repair every canal wey get problem.

For Ikeja, Head of Service Bode Agoro say officials see people dey dump dirt inside canals during di exercise. According to The Guardian, e say dem don inform Ministry of the Environment make dem clear affected channels. Dem still dey discuss how to rebuild one canal with di drainage authorities wey concern. Na plan wey dem report, no be construction wey don finish or timetable wey dem publish for completion.

Places wey di exercise cover for Ikeja include Onilekere Street, Saidu Street, Olumo Street, Ijesha Close and Olúkòyí Street. Council chairman Akeem Dauda say dem still dey educate communities against anyhow dumping. Agoro ask council leaders make dem involve residents more regularly, because sanitation na everyday community responsibility, no be work for only one monthly event.

For Ikorodu, governor wife Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu monitor separate exercise and encourage residents make dem keep homes, schools, markets and public spaces clean. BusinessDay report her call make di work continue after di last Saturday of di month. Punch report later say LAWMA workers and equipment support cleanup for Ladega Street and nearby streets for Ajina Community. These details show where dem report activities; dem no prove say waste collection reach everywhere for Lagos.

Wetin e mean for you: di practical message na to keep house and business dirt out of drains between organised cleanups, no be to see recently cleared drain as permission to dump again.

For people wey dey di named streets, di reports separate work wey don happen from more canal work wey still be plan. Dem no give confirmed reconstruction finish date, new waste-collection timetable or change for disposal charges. So residents no suppose make arrangements based on assumption say dem don announce any of those measures.