The Lagos State Government on Friday said
that from July 1, 2016, it would commence a
total enforcement against street trading and
street hawkers, saying that the law banning
their activities across the metropolis would
take its full course.
Speaking at a live interview session on
Television Continental, the State Governor,
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode said that the
renewed enforcement is in line with Section
One of the Lagos State Street Trading and
Illegal Market Prohibition Law 2003 which
restricts street trading and hawking in the
metropolis.
that from July 1, 2016, it would commence a
total enforcement against street trading and
street hawkers, saying that the law banning
their activities across the metropolis would
take its full course.
Speaking at a live interview session on
Television Continental, the State Governor,
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode said that the
renewed enforcement is in line with Section
One of the Lagos State Street Trading and
Illegal Market Prohibition Law 2003 which
restricts street trading and hawking in the
metropolis.
The Governor, while sympathising with the
family of a street hawker who was knocked
down by an articulated truck while trying to
evade arrest from officials of Kick Against
Indiscipline along Maryland Bus stop on
Wednesday, regretted that the situation led to
the destruction of public assets.
“It is not in our DNA to allow someone to just
die by road accident or the way it happened
in respect of the incident. But beyond the fact
that we lost one person while crossing the
road as a result of evading arrest by KAI
officials, I need to tell Lagosians that over 49
buses were actually destroyed and it is
costing us like almost N139m to put those
buses back on the road,” he said.
Consequently, Governor Ambode said the
State Executive Council has resolved to
enforce the Law, which according to him
makes both the hawker and the buyer liable
of the offence.
“The issue is we need to enforce our laws
because we already have a law in respect of
that and then there is a clause in it which
says the buyer and the seller are both liable
and that we are going to fine them either
N90, 000 or a six month jail term.
“What we are doing on traffic is that we are
introducing new strategies to eliminate traffic,
but Lagos being a cosmopolitan city, you
cannot totally eliminate it but now this is the
case, in the next few days, you will see on
the street of Lagos signs that will be warning
you that buyers and hawkers should be
aware that there are consequences,”
Governor Ambode said.
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