By Kazeem Ugbodaga
The Lagos State Government has announced a total ban on the operations of cart pushers and wheel barrow in the State, as it begins full implementation of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative, CLI.
The government said on Staturday that activities of cart pushers and wheel barrow operators were inimical to the environmental cleanliness in the State.
Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Tunji Bello, in a statement said with the flag off of the CLI, the continuous activities of cart pushers would pose a threat to the success of the initiative.
According to him, investigations had also revealed that the cart pushers were responsible for most of the illegal dumping of waste in canals and road medians at night which caused flooding, adding that aside constituting environmental nuisance, they were also traces of security threats.
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