No more street trading in Lagos due to LASSA Fever

Updated Tuesday 26 January 2016 8:14

The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare said street traders were not only degrading the state’s environment but that some of them were engaging in armed robbery, child abuse, making the traffic gridlocks worse and vandalising valuable infrastructure in the state. But worst of all, as the rainy season approaches, there is a threat of spreading the LASSA fever if they continue with their hawking activities.

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“It is regrettable that the illegal hawkers and street traders have not heeded the enlightenment and advocacy messages from the ministry on the need to keep the state’s environment clean and safe to attract more investors and boost the economy of the state.”

“To halt the spread of Lassa fever, Lagosians must maintain personal hygiene, proper sanitation in their environment, especially, clean-up of the vegetation in their premises, and proper bagging and disposal of waste to keep off the wild vector rats spreading the virus,”.

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