Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on residents of Lagos State to ignore the restriction of movement imposed by the government for the monthly environmental sanitation exercise.
The senior lawyer argued that residents were free to go about their normal activities during the exercise, stating that there is no law restricting movement.
The state government on Friday insisted that its monthly environmental sanitation exercise remains valid and will proceed as scheduled, stating that no court decision has invalidated the initiative.
It urged residents to stay back at home and participate fully in the exercise billed for Saturday, April 25 between the hours of 6.30am and 8.30am.
In a statement ahead of the exercise, the state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on X on Friday, dismissed claims that the programme had been halted by a court ruling.
“No court pronouncement has invalidated this exercise. The state proceeded to the Court of Appeal, and judgment was delivered in our favour. The court affirmed that the laws used for the implementation and enforcement of environmental sanitation are legitimate and constitutional,” he said.
