The Lagos State government has vowed to clamp down on landlords of ‘face me i face you’ who provide only a toilet for their tenants.
Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Babatunde Adejare gave this warning on Monday while speaking at the stakeholder’s forum for Sensitisation and Public Awareness on Environmental and Health Implications.
He said; “The law prescribes punishment for them. Now, KAI and environmental officers will be involved. This is part of what they will be doing. We have come to enforce the law. A lot of things are abnormal in our environment; we won’t allow people to dispose refuse in the drainage.
“Imagine a landlord of 25 rooms having a single toilet. He makes money from the building but cannot get toilet for the tenants. Since government doesn’t collect any money from landlords, they should use it to build toilets for their tenants.
“The idea of tenants queuing before they can use the toilet will no longer be tolerated. Just imagine a 25 room apartment and over 10 people live in each of the rooms. How can they cope with one toilet?”
