Lagos Disowns Viral Video on Sale of Branded Waste Baskets

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Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello
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The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government Thursday disowned the viral video, where some uniformed impostors were promoting the sale of branded waste baskets purportedly on behalf of the state.

The government, in a statement by Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, noted that all the characters in the viral video are fraudsters who do not represent the Sanwo-Olu administration or any of its agencies.

Bello declared that there’s no unit or agency under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources that goes by the name: ‘Lagos State Vehicle Waste Basket (LAVWAB) Enforcement/Compliance’ as portrayed in the branded vehicle which the fraudsters operated from.

He pointed out that the dubious intent of the criminals in the video could be deduced from the fact that they operated from inside a van within an automobile workshop and were very dodgy about the kind of enforcement exercise they were supposedly carrying out.

While noting that the state government has always encouraged all buses, trucks and articulated vehicles to provide waste baskets in their vehicles to discourage littering of the roads and streets, Bello maintained that the Sanwo-Olu administration has never recommended any branded waste basket to Lagosians.

The commissioner said the development has been communicated to security agents to spread their dragnets towards apprehending the criminals and their cohorts, wherever they operated from, and bring them to book.

Bello, therefore, enjoined members of the public to report any incident of anyone claiming to represent the state government and coercing them to purchase any particular brand of waste baskets for placement in their vehicles.

The commissioner also implored owners and operators of buses, trucks and articulated vehicles in the state to continue to use waste baskets of their choice in their vehicles, as part of efforts to discourage littering and promoting a culture of proper waste disposal.

Idowu Sowunmi