Oluwafunbi Bello 
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government says it will intensify enforcement of its ban on single-use plastics as part of its drive towards a cleaner, zero-waste environment.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated this on Saturday during the 19th Walk for Nature, jointly organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) in Lagos.
Represented by his Special Adviser on the Environment, Engr. Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu, the governor said Lagos was leading a coordinated response to plastic pollution. “The law banning single-use plastics has always existed. What we are doing now is stepping up enforcement—there is no going back,” he said.
He urged residents to embrace reusable products, organise community clean-ups and reduce plastic waste at source.
Chairperson of the NCF National Executive Council, Justice Bukunola Adebiyi, said Lagos must champion environmental stewardship. “This year’s theme, ‘Lagos, Let’s Beat Plastic Pollution,’ is a call to action. Plastics that enter the environment do not disappear. They return to our bodies as microplastics,” she warned.
She noted that Lagos generates about 13,000 tonnes of waste daily, with plastics contributing nearly 15 percent—an amount she described as “unsustainable.”
The event featured a community walk, awareness sessions and the donation of recycling bins to Yaba College of Technology to encourage responsible waste disposal.
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