"We must acknowledge the environmental degradation that plague the State and the urgent need for a world class comprehensive waste management system that addresses this crucial quality of life issue" - Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State Governor, on Cleaner Lagos Initiative.
Laudable as the Lagos State Government's efforts on the Cleaner Lagos Initiative is, apparent in several on-going cleaning and refurbishing of the state, and sensitisation programs, using Social Media platforms.
However, images, as seen in pictures attached to this publication, is the current situation of Ilaje bus-stop, Mobil road and environ-communities, located on the Lekki Peninsula axis of Lagos- State, indicates that the effect of the CLI, is yet to be felt through out the State.
Photos below:
Blocked drainage along the the express way, at Berger, Ikota axis:
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| Lekki-Epe express-way, near Ikota Shopping Complex |
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| Drainage along Mobil Road |
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| Lekki-Epe Express way, inward VGC |
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| Mobil road |
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Along Mobil road
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There is the absence of waste disposals at strategic places:
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| Every nook and crannies is a refuge dump, Mobil road, opposite Emerald estate |
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| Along Mobil Road |
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| Mobil road, opposite Emerald estate |
In situations where residents take care of their wastes, as seen in the picture below, there are oftentimes abandoned along the road:
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| Mobile road, off Ilaje-bus-stop |
Estates along Mobile Road seems to only care about their properties neglecting what happens in their near-environment:
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| Along Mobil Road |
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| Along Mobil road |
Erosion gradually eating into the major road:
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| Mobil Road |
Due to lack of proper management, hence no construction of conveniences, residents of the densely Ikota Housing Estate, off Mobil Road, resort to what is commonly known as "short-put", i.e: defecating in polythene bags and throwing them across the street...as seen in the picture below:
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Mobil road
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| Entrance into Ikota Housing from Mobil Road |
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| Ever Busy Ilaje Junction, into Mobil Road |
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| Ilaje bus-stop, along Lekki-Epe express-way, Lagos |
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| Ilaje bus-stop, inward VGC |
To achieve its aim of "protecting the environment, human health and social living standards of Lagos State residents", the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), needs to intensify its effort, by making their presence felt in most parts of the Lagos Metropolis.
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