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July 2, 2025

People Talk: Do you support Lagos’ relaunch of monthly sanitation exercise?

People Talk: Do you support Lagos’ relaunch of monthly sanitation exercise?

By Ololade Adewunmi

The Lagos State Government is considering a major comeback—for the once-popular monthly environmental sanitation exercise.

Suspended in 2016 due to the challenges of restricting movement in a megacity, the exercise may now return as part of broader efforts to tackle flooding, poor waste management, and clogged drainage systems across the state.

During a recent inspection of key areas like Idi-Araba, Orile Iganmu, and Alaba Rago, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, stressed the need to make sanitation a daily habit.

He confirmed that reintroducing the monthly cleanup, once held every last Saturday from 7 to 10 a.m., is being reviewed by the State Executive Council.

On today’s edition of People Talk, Vanguard Live hits the streets to ask:

Do you support the relaunch of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise  in Lagos