The Lagos State Government has vowed to seal houses that were investigated in the Iyana Oworo area of the state and found to have channelled their septic tanks into the drainages.
Also to be sealed are houses with their fences built on the drainage channels.
The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who stated this on Sunday, said that these houses would soon be sealed by the appropriate agency of the government.
Wahab spoke during the Weekly Community Based Environmental Sanitation Advocacy campaign held at Omobokun Street, Ekimogun Underbridge Iyana Oworo under the Bariga Local Council Development Area.
The commissioner, who called on the residents to make good sanitation practices a daily affair, highlighted that the Weekly Community Based Environmental Sanitation Advocacy campaign was introduced to promote good sanitation practices amongst residents before the formal commencement of the monthly Sanitation Exercise.
“What we are trying to do is to ramp up sensitization and advocacy before the formal commencement of the monthly environmental Sanitation which will soon be announced by the governor,” Director Public Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Kunle Adeshina, quoted him as saying.
Wahab implored residents to support government effort through regular cleaning of the drainages in front of their houses and desist from the unwholesome act of illegal waste disposal, saying it is expedient for everyone to take ownership of all infrastructure provided by the government.
On the issue of flooding, he said the government would reassess the claims by the community members that the sandfilling carried out at Oworo end is responsible for the flooding incidents encountered in the Ekimogun area, adding that the government is determined to proffer a lasting solution to flooding in the area.
Wahab maintained that the environmental advocacy campaign has been effective as the communities earlier visited at the commencement of the advocacy programme have been revisited and these communities have sustained the clean up exercise.