Lagos state governor Akin Ambode has banned street
trading and begging on the state’s roads.
In a statement by the Secretary to the State
Government, Tunji Bello, Ambode said they constituted a nuisance, and that they
would be arrested if they didn’t desist.
“At the State Security Council Meeting on July 7, it
was resolved that the act of street trading that has continued to hamper free
flow of traffic on Lagos roads which further constitutes nuisance and security
threat to law abiding citizens will no longer be tolerated.”
“Therefore, street traders and buyers will
henceforth be arrested and prosecuted. The Task Force on Environmental
Sanitation and Special Offences has been mandated to ensure the Law of the
State against street trading is enforced to the letter.”
“We’ve had security reports on the activities of
persons who pose as beggars, especially in traffic, but their sole aim is to
perpetrate evil. We are putting a search light on this trend and one way to do
that is to ensure that we take pre-emptive measures to forestall this
development.”
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