May 24, 2026
.Seals 239 facilities, arrests 931 offenders
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Lagos State Government has intensified enforcement of the ban on Styrofoam and other single-use plastics, confiscating banned products worth about N5 million from warehouses and shopping malls across the state as part of efforts to tackle environmental pollution.
Meanwhile, it also apprehended 931 people for waste management offences, inspected 2,251 sites, issued 1,711 contravention notices and sealed 239 facilities as part of intensified environmental monitoring, enforcement and compliance operations across the state in the last one year.
