Lagos State Government reiterates commitment on environmental sanity in the state.

The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment in bringing back environmental sanity to every part of the state.

The commitment was made by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday while inaugurating the Special Committee on Clean-Up of Victoria Island, Ikoyi and Lekki areas of the state.

The governor said that gross abuse of urban planning and environmental laws in the state had necessitated the action to clean up the environment and restore it to its desired form.

“The neat road sides of the past now parade pockets of kiosks, illegal parking lots, unapproved mechanic workshops, roadside beer parlours and commercial centres’’.

Ambode explained that the state government will not allow the environment to be destroyed by people who had no regard for its beauty, serenity, law and order.

“A safe and prosperous Lagos is non-negotiable; that is the commitment of our administration. We will not allow these environmental infractions to continue,’’ the governor said.

According to the governor, bad environmental practices thriving in prime areas, such as Victoria Island, Ikoyi and the Lekki axis, can no longer be tolerated and will be brought to an end immediately.

He said that the clean-up was not a one-off exercise, adding that the one taking place in the high-brow area was the pilot scheme.

The governor charged the committee, chaired by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, to immediately commence the implementation of the approved action plan and execution of the clean-up exercise.

He said the committee should develop strategies for preventing recurrence as well as other recommendations as necessary to sustain environmental renewal of the areas.

Bello, in his response, pledged that all members of the committee would carry out their tasks diligently.