Commissioner Cautions Developers On Defacement Of Buildings

The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tunji Bello, has condemned the defacement of some buildings along major highways and streets by property owners, landlords and tenants in the state.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Mr Fola Adeyemi, in Lagos on Thursday.

The statement said that the commissioner also condemned the spreading of clothes on balcony railings along highways, bridges, railings on landscaped sites, walkways and other public spaces in the state.

“ It noted that many public buildings, offices, bridges and residential buildings along major highways in the state, as well as some private and government buildings, have been turned into drycleaner lines for spreading washed clothes along many highways and inner streets,” it said.

The statement said the commissioner also observed that, the act was most noticeable in areas where there were concentrations of mechanic workshops, as well as drainage alignments.

It advised the people of the state to spread their washed clothes within the confines of their homes.

The statement advised landlords who engaged private corporate security guards, who have also been found to be involved in the act, to henceforth desist from such.

It urged such landlords to enlighten and educate their tenants and their employees on the implications of this unaccepted act, stressing that the government would not hesitate to apply the full sanction of the state’s sanitation laws on such culprits.

“This ‘Village culture’ does not only deface our environment,  but also destroys the aesthetics and the green culture being promoted by government across the state.

“This retrogressive culture is archaic and should never be tolerated in any part of the state as the massive regeneration and ongoing transformation is to make Lagos Africa’s model mega-city.

“The general public is hereby notified and warned that perpetrators of this uncivilised act  will not only forfeit such clothes to the Motherless Babies Homes and Orphanages, but may also be prosecuted, in accordance with the state’s Sanitation Laws,’’ it added.