The Lagos state government on Monday said following full compliance with prescribed environmental standards and safety measures, it has ordered immediate reopening of Mile 12 International market.
Mile 12 International market was sealed along with Owode Onirin Market for sundry environmental infractions on Friday by Lagos State Government.
In a statement on Monday, Lagos Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said the market was reopened after a thorough assessment, covering various aspects of environmental compliance, waste management practices, and general cleanliness within the market,.
He said that issues critical to the environment, public health and safety, were not negotiable, as government would not watch helplessly as those values were compromised and eroded by the conduct of few people.
“We cannot continue to be nonchalant about our environment. Our negative attitude towards the environment must stop.
”The way we treat the environment, is the way the environment treats us. We cannot fold our arms and allow the nonchalance of a few, affect the generality of the people,” he said.
He warned the traders to play by the rules of acceptable standards, putting premium on hygiene for their health and that of the public, stressing that government will not shy away from shutting down any market that returns to old filthy ways.
NAN