Lagos dismisses report on reintroduction of monthly sanitation exercise

The Lagos State government has dismissed a report on the reintroduction of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state.

A report emerged on social media recently that the government had re solved to bring back the exercise introduced by the military regime in the early 80s following the cholera outbreak in the state.

However, the state’s Commissioner for Environment, Adetokunbo Wahab, in a statement on Wednesday, said there would be no restriction of movement during the last Saturday of the month in the state.

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He described the claim as the handiwork of mischief makers who were determined to cause confusion in the state.

Wahab urged the people of Lagos to disregard the report and go about their legitimate businesses.

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