{"id":98908,"date":"2023-10-28T17:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets"},"modified":"2023-10-28T20:17:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T19:17:49","slug":"lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets","title":{"rendered":"Lagos govt reopens Alaba International, Trade Fair markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Lagos State Government on Saturday reopened Alaba International Market and some markets at the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo.<\/p>\n<p>The markets were earlier shut down by the government due to improper waste management and other environmental infractions.<\/p>\n<p>Tokunbo Wahab, Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, said the markets were reopened after the environmental issues were addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Wahab stated that the claims in some quarters that political motives were behind the closure of the markets is false, stressing that the step had to be taken to ensure clean and healthy environment around business facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI state emphatically that the closure of those markets had no ethnic or political motives as it was done to ensure cleanliness and environmental sustainability for the good of all residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision to reopen the markets followed rigorous assessment and implementation of stringent environmental standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese standards were set to guarantee that businesses in the state operate in a manner that is not detrimental to the environment and the well-being of the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Wahab explained that it is important to maintain harmonious balance between commerce and environmental health.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the enforcement would be a continuous exercise as government would not hesitate to seal any market or corporate facility found wanting.<\/p>\n<p>The Managing Director of Lagos Waste Management Authority, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said it worked with market officials to ensure the attainment of environmental standards.<\/p>\n<p>Gbadegesin said it was important for markets to operate in a manner that was economically viable and environmentally responsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have standards that each market in the state have to comply with to make our business environment clean and healthy for buyers and sellers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese include proper waste management, zero tolerance for open burning of waste and zero tolerance for dumping of wastes in the drainage channels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOthers are engagement of market policing personnel to monitor market sanitation, observance of distance from road setbacks, medians and market surroundings to avoid indiscriminate dumping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must also ensure eradication of street trading and trading on road medians and shoulders, which obstruct free flow of traffic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTariffs must also be fully paid as any violation of the stated regulations would attract penalties and possible subsequent closure of offending markets,\u2019\u2019 Gbadegesin said<\/p>\n<p>He urged business owners to show commitment to environmental sustainability through proper waste disposal and adherence to environmental laws to prevent market closures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Lagos State Government on Saturday reopened Alaba International Market and some markets at the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo. The markets were earlier shut down by the government due to improper waste management and other environmental infractions. Tokunbo Wahab, Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, said the markets were reopened after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":98907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,3066,206,254,11673],"class_list":["post-98908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-alaba","tag-lagos","tag-nigeria","tag-trade-fair"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lagos govt reopens Alaba International, Trade Fair markets - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Lagos State Government on Saturday reopened Alaba International Market and some markets at the Trade Fair Complex, O ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagos govt reopens Alaba International, Trade Fair markets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Lagos State Government on Saturday reopened Alaba International Market and some markets at the Trade Fair Complex, O ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-28T16:55:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-28T19:17:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/sm_1698504208.28035.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lagos govt reopens Alaba International, Trade Fair markets\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-28T16:55:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-28T19:17:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets\"},\"wordCount\":414,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/sm_1698504208.28035.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"alaba\",\"Lagos\",\"Nigeria\",\"trade fair\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-govt-reopens-alaba-international-trade-fair-markets\",\"name\":\"Lagos govt reopens Alaba International, Trade Fair markets - 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