Lagos resumes monthly environmental sanitation after 10 years
Lagos State has reintroduced the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, effective Saturday, April 25, 2026, ten years after it was cancelled. It would be recalled that the Lagos State Government, under the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, stopped the mandatory monthly environmental sanitation exercise in November 2016. The cancellation followed a 2015 Federal High Court ruling […]
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Lagos State has reintroduced the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, effective Saturday, April 25, 2026, ten years after it was cancelled.
It would be recalled that the Lagos State Government, under the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, stopped the mandatory monthly environmental sanitation exercise in November 2016.
The cancellation followed a 2015 Federal High Court ruling by Justice Mohammed Idris, which deemed the restriction of movement during sanitation hours unconstitutional.
In a post shared on X, Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, urged residents to clean their surroundings, clear drainage channels in front of their homes, and dispose of waste properly as a civic responsibility.
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“I am pleased to inform all Lagosians that the monthly environmental sanitation exercise will resume effective Saturday, 25th April 2026, holding on the last Saturday of every month from 6:30AM to 8:30 AM.
“During this period, residents are enjoined to clean their surroundings, clear drainage channels in their frontages, and dispose of waste properly as a civic responsibility.
“This exercise is a collective responsibility and a vital part of our commitment to a cleaner, healthier, and flood-resilient Lagos. And it shall be backed with the full enforcement weight of the Lagos State Government,” he wrote.