The Lagos State Government has shut down the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association (ASPAMDA), the Balogun Business Association (BBA), and other markets within the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex in the Ojo Local Government Area of the state.

The markets were sealed over poor waste disposal practices, non-payment for waste disposal, and general environmental sanitation infractions.”

Officials of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), in partnership with the Lagos Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offenses and the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC, carried out the enforcement as part of the ongoing clampdown on environmental nuisances.

The Director of Public Affairs at the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Kunle Adeshina, said the agencies carried out the directive for the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab.