Lagos warns against truck pushers, imprisons man for stealing iron

<p><strong>Magistrate T&period; O&period; Fashina of the Lagos State Mobile Court&comma; Bolade&comma; Oshodi&comma; has sentenced one Abubakar Sanni to three months’ imprisonment for vandalism and theft of iron rods on Karim Kotun Street&comma; in the Victoria Island area of the state&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy&comma; in a statement on Monday&comma; said the Managing Director&comma; Lagos Waste Management Authority&comma; Mr Ibrahim Odumboni&comma; stated that the convict committed the crime under the guise of being a cart pusher&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The authority wants to make it clear that cart pushing remains outlawed in the state&period; The menace of cart pushers has led to a rise in indiscriminate waste disposal&comma; coupled with the fact that criminal elements now hide under it to perpetrate their crimes&comma;” the LAWMA MD said in the statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; since the present administration assumed office&comma; LAWMA has taken steps toward addressing waste management challenges in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;One of such was absorbing many of the outlawed cart pushers into the business of recycling to preserve their livelihoods&period; However&comma; this magnanimous gesture of government shouldn’t be taken for granted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our enforcement team has been repositioned to monitor the environment across the metropolis and ensure that environmental defaulters are arrested and prosecuted&period; Currently&comma; some offenders have been arrested and prosecuted for various infractions&period; This will serve as a deterrent to those bent on eroding the recent gains made in the environment&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;