Residents in Lagos state on Saturday, expressed satisfaction following reintroduction of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, describing the move as a step in the right direction.
They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the exercise will positively impact environmental health, as well as safety and wellbeing of residents, if sustained.
NAN reports that a good number of residents in Lekki phase one, as well as residents of Disu Aina-Efon community in Ilewe-Ejigbo Lagos, complied with the state government’s directive on the the monthly sanitation.
In Lekki, a group under the aegis of Lekki Residents Association (LERA) approved of the exercise, describing same as successful.
LERA had ensured that residents embarked on massive cleaning of a popular canal in the area
Chairman of LERA, Mrs Shareefah Andu, described return of the monthly sanitation, as a welcomed development.
According to her, the association will strategize on how it can sustain the exercise in sectional phases, to achieve cleaner environment.
“If we do this, like, every month for a full year, the whole environment will be different, and I am so confident about that,” she said
On his part, Special Adviser to the Lagos State government on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr Idris Aregbe, commended lekki residents, for their efforts in keeping the environment clean.
“What I have seen here today is commendable; we have a beautiful community with responsible citizens who have also joined with the government to see how they can, clean our environment.
“Every responsible citizen needs to take their communities; for me, tourism thrives in a cleaner environment and that is what I want in Lekki,” he said
Meanwhile, elsewhere at Disu Aina-Efon community in Ilewe-Ejigbo, the turnout of residents for the monthly sanitation was also commendable.
NAN reports that both the young and elderly were seen contributing efforts to the cleanup exercise on the streets.
Chairman of Disu Aina-Efon Street, Mr Ikenna Abu, said he was happy with the impressive turnout of residents.
He noted that a clean environment remains top priority for the community, and underscored the need for residents to always contribute their quotas.
“We are delighted about the development, we can only pray for more of it as it is an essential part of community development objective,” he said.
Also speaking, another resident, Mr Edem Ibanga, said that residents had come out in their numbers, in a bid to give back to the community.
Another member of the community, Mr Femi Adeosun, also expressed satisfaction with the process, and urged that it be sustained.
NAN reports that a large number of Lagos residents said they were excited with the return of the exercise, and expressed optimism that the process will be sustained for overriding public good. (NAN)
