Officials from the Lagos Waste Management Authority and the state Environmental Sanitation Corps have shut down the Oja Oba Market in the Ile Epo area due to inadequate sanitary conditions.
LAWMA Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, announced this in a statement on X on Sunday.
Gbadegesin wrote, “Following complaints from concerned members of the public, particularly #Freestuv1, Oja Oba market at Ile Epo was sealed this morning by a combined #ZeroToleranceLagos Task Force consisting of #Lawma_gov Monitoring and Compliance Team and men and women of #LAGESCOfficial.
“This market has become notorious for very poor sanitary conditions and failure to comply with set waste management regulations.”
He noted that the measure was taken to protect the public from food-borne and water-borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and dysentery.
Gbadegesin also encouraged the public to report poor sanitary practices in markets or other business establishments.
In February, LAWMA officials similarly shut down Ire-Akari Market in Isolo, Lagos, due to poor sanitation.
