Lagos State government To Seal Buildings that Indiscriminately Hang Washed Clothes

The Lagos State government has threatened To Seal Buildings that Indiscriminately Hang Washed Clothes and this was made known by Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tunji Bello after monitoring the monthly sanitation exercise in Egbe-Idimu area of the state.

According to Bello, He said spreading of washed clothes on fences and frontage of buildings was becoming the norm in some parts of the state and the practice constitutes a nuisance to the environment.

“We are telling residents who wash and spread clothes on the streets, major highways and other places outside their homes to desist from the practice as it constitutes a great environmental nuisance.

“This is not good for our people and our state. We have directed the officials of the Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA) to pack those clothes as refuse wherever they see them.

“We will not hesitate to seal up buildings or houses outside of which compounds residents hang their clothes indiscriminately,“ Bello said.
He also urged the residents to create spaces within the confines of their homes to spread their clothes rather than doing so in places “not friendly to the environment.’’

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Lagos state bans hijab in public schools

According to Daily Post

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday insisted that the usage of other appendages, including Hijab, a head scarf for female Muslim pupils will not be allowed in the state public schools.

The State Government maintained that pupils in its public schools would only be allowed to wear conventional uniforms to school.

State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, disclosed this at the ongoing ministerial briefing to commemorate the sixth anniversary of Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration.

She said, “I summoned a stakeholder’s meeting that was chaired by the Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture, Alhaji Oyinlomo Danmole. The Muslim students were represented at the meeting, Lawyers were represented. We discussed the issue at length and we reached certain agreement.

“We agreed that students could only use their Hijab when they want to go for prayers, when they want to read Qur’an, and when they are going for Jumat prayer on Fridays.

“It was agreed that no student should wear Hijab on her uniform. Doing so, will cause confusion and break down of the law.

“Whoever wishes that his daughter should be wearing Hijab while going to school and within the school should send such child to a private Muslim school,” Oladunjoye emphasised.

She noted that the knotty issue which had been on since she assumed office required urgent solution which had resulted to the latest decision.