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An Open Letter To Governor Ambode by medlat(m): 8:10pm On Aug 02, 2017 |
It is no news that Lagos and some other states has been experiencing
flood in recent times. In fact, the almighty Lekki and its environs are
not spared. The flood so much covered the roads and floated cars like
papers. The super homes were ravaged with flood and became a pool
of some sort.
Interestingly, we all know the cause. Rain? Of course NO! It has been
raining in Lagos before people started living in it. Successive
generations have been able to manage heavier flood in the past. And
in fact, the mainlands and its environs had been at the receiving end
of the flood. But this year, almost every part of Lagos had its share.
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One of the ways the state has been able to control flood and other
disaster is the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. This
exercise has become a culture in Lagos for decades. The result has
been so encouraging that other states had to copy it from Lagos in
order to promote public health.
Every success must have its own challenges. The major challenge of
the environmental sanitation exercise is the restriction of movement
and its enforcement. Many residents of the state had complained
bitterly about the way enforcement officers assault residents in the
name of enforcement.
Due to this restriction, a resident of the state, Faith Okafor sued the
Lagos State Government for unlawfully restricting her movement. She
won at the Appeal Court in Lagos on the 9th of November, 2016. The
court banned the state government from further restricting anyone's
movement within Lagos state at any time or day whatsoever on the
basis of environmental sanitation exercise as there is no written Law
to that effect.
With this verdict and other issues, the Lagos state government swiftly
responded by stopping the exercise. This came as a relief to the
residents but it also added to the woes of the state as residents have
neglected environmental exercise totally. Many areas are now refuse
site and gutters/drainages are turned refuse dump. This has affected
the free flow of water within the state. It has also affected public
health in many ramifications.
With its consequences glaring to everyone, I believe the government
should revisit the environmental exercise and look for ways to modify
it rather than abolish it completely. It is a common knowledge that
Nigerians find it hard to do the right thing except they are forced to do
so. Little wonder successive administration has to enforce the policy.
However, if the court has declared that restricting people's movement
is illegal because it is not in any written Law, the government can
sponsor a bill to the Lagos House of Assembly to legalise the exercise.
Better still, the government can modify the exercise in a way it would
not totally restrict the movement of the residents but would achieve
its purpose. With these, issues like flooding and public health hazard
among others would be reduced to the barest minimum. https://www.naij.com/1118215-open-letter-governor-akinwunmi-ambode.html |
Re: An Open Letter To Governor Ambode by fatimababy95(f): 8:14pm On Aug 02, 2017 |
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