Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on
Wednesday directed the Task Force on
Environmental Sanitation and Other Special
Offences to carry out full enforcement of the law
restricting street trading in the metropolis,
Vanguard reports.
The news was announced in a statement signed
by Secretary to the State Government, Tunji
Bello. An excerpt of the statement reads:
“
At the State Security Council Meeting on
July 7, it was resolved that the act of street
trading that has continued to hamper free
flow of traffic on Lagos roads which further
constitutes nuisance and security threat to
law abiding citizens will no longer be
tolerated.
“
Therefore, street traders and buyers will
henceforth be arrested and prosecuted. The
Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and
Special Offences has been mandated to
ensure the Law of the State against street
trading is enforced to the letter…
We’ve had security reports on the activities
of persons who pose as beggars, especially
in traffic, but their sole aim is to perpetrate
evil. We are putting a search light on this
trend and one way to do that is to ensure
that we take preemptive measures to
forestall this development.
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