State seals Marina workers’ mosque over pollution

State seals Marina workers’ mosque over pollution

State seals Marina workers’ mosque over pollution

LAGOS State government has sealed-off
the popular Marina workers’ mosque
over pollution resulting from improper
disposal of sewage in the worship centre
located in the highbrow Lagos Business
District.
State Commissioner for Environment,
Dry Samuel Adejare, who ordered that
the mosque be shut while monitoring the
October edition of the monthly
environmental sanitation at the Lagos
Mainland Local Government, said
government had declared a state of
emergency on environmental nuisance
across the state.
Adejare, while warning market leaders,
drivers and residents against improper
waste disposal, explained that the
workers’ Mosque was sealed-off for
discharging sewage into the drainage
channel.
The visibly enraged commissioner said
the government has established a Special
Command in Kick Against Indiscipline
(KAI) to ensure cleaner environment in
Lagos Central Business District.
He said the declaration of zero tolerance
to environmental nuisance in Lagos
metropolis was to save the state from
disaster resulting from unkempt
environment, adding that all hands must
be on the deck to maintain a healthy
environment for the residents.
“This is why we ordered the closure of
the mosque for discharging sewage in
the drainage. Marina is our pride, asset
and heritage; we cannot allow anyone to
mess it up. This mosque is a temporary
building for worship, but we cannot
tolerate improper waste disposal. There
is no emotional thing attached to it. I
have told them to close down the place.
Your saw the sewage, you saw where
they laid pipes openly. We will not allow
it. Even God will not allow it.”
Adejare said the new Lagos is where
spaces would not be allowed to be
turned into dumpsites. He said the
government would only cooperate with
drivers’ unions, who are ready to take
ownership of parks through proper
management of their environment.
On Ilaje Otumora slum, in Lagos
Mainland Local Government, he said the
government was seeking solution to it,
saying, “In fact, one of our drainage
systems that we channeled into the
lagoon has been blocked.”