Takeaway Ban: Lagos Begins Full Enforcement On Monday

The Lagos State Government will start enforcing the state-wide ban on the use and distribution of Styrofoam food containers on Monday.

This information was revealed on Friday during a meeting held at the BlueRoof in Alausa, Ikeja, with all of the state’s market leaders by Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab.

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This was revealed by Kunle Adeshina, the ministry’s spokesperson, in a statement on Saturday.

According to the statement, the commissioner said that enforcement officers from LAGESC/KAI, Environmental Health Officials and LAWMA Police and the Ministry would go after all those having the styrofoams in their shops, stores or outlets and confiscate them.

“I would like to appeal to all our traders to desist from selling on the railway lines and all the roads. Also, we must stop littering our market with waste. We must segregate our wastes in our respective markets; bag our wastes and ensure we patronise PSP operators,” the commissioner said.