Lagos Govt denies plans to introduce monthly environmental sanitation

The Lagos State government has dismissed claims about implementing a monthly environmental sanitation exercise and movement restrictions starting in July.

In a statement on Wednesday, Adekunle Adeshina, Director of Public Affairs for the Commissioner of Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, said the report is false and that the state has no plans to introduce such measures.

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According to the statement, Wahab said the viral news is the work of mischief makers intent on confusing residents.

He urged all residents to disregard the false information and continue their lawful activities, emphasizing that there will be no movement restrictions on the last Saturday of July as falsely claimed.

He urged all residents to disregard the content of the viral fake news and go about their lawful business endeavour, adding that there will be no restriction of movements on the last Saturday of July as erroneously included in the fake news.