Woman to clean environment for 144 hours for dumping waste in drain
A mobile court attached to the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has sentenced a woman, Rukayat Oderinde, to 144 hours of community service for emptying her waste into a drain at No 17, Hassan Ogunmola Street, Ahamadiyya, a suburb of Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, Managing Director of LAWMA, who disclosed this in a statement, said […]
A mobile court attached to the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has sentenced a woman, Rukayat Oderinde, to 144 hours of community service for emptying her waste into a drain at No 17, Hassan Ogunmola Street, Ahamadiyya, a suburb of Lagos.
Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, Managing Director of LAWMA, who disclosed this in a statement, said that the culprit was caught on camera disposing waste into a drainage channel.
He said Oderinde was expected to commence her eight-hour per day community service from Ahmadiyya to Salolo route for the next 18 days.
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He noted that the act was strictly prohibited under waste management regulations in the state as such posed a serious threat to the overall cleanliness and functionality of the drainage system. (NAN)