Lagosians Express Dissenting Views As Govt Move To Revive Monthly Sanitation Exercise
Oyewale Oyelola and David Odekanle
The efforts of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to tackle issue of poor waste management in Lagos State seems to be yielding positive result as some residents want monthly sanitation exercise to return.
An Opinion poll posted on The Lagos State Government Facebook page revealed that 79 percent out over 26,000 respondents support return of Saturday Sanitation exercise.
The poll which run for seven days attracted over 1000 dissenting comments with majority backing the return of the monthly exercise.
The question posted on June 1, 2019 reads: ”Should the Lagos State Government return Saturday Sanitation exercise”.
One of the respondents said: ”I support the motive. Saturday Sanitation is the best way of moving Lagos to the next level and also empower the Environmental Health Officer by employing more Environmental Health Officer across the 57 LG & LCDA. ”
Although, some people expressed contrary views like impact on the economy and social activities of Lagosions.
Others noted the Federal High Court has declared restriction of movement for Sanitation exercise as illegal.
Recall Governor Sanwo-Olu upon assumption of office promised to engage residents on whether to maintain the status quo or return the sanitation exercise as part of holistic approach for building cleaner and ecofriendly megacity.
Factualtimes captured some comments of Lagosians on the state Facebook Page
