P.M. News (Lagos)
Bamidele Ogunwusi
26 April 2004
Lagos — The Lagos State Government, through its agency responsible for the environment, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), has issued a warning to owners of 'smoking vehicles' to get them off the road or face prosecution.
The General Manager of LASEPA, Engr. Debisi O. G. Adesina, handed out this warning last week while speaking to City Update on the plans of his agency at ensuring that Lagos becomes a safe place to live.
Adesina said LASEPA is poised to control vehicular emission as well as emission from other incinerating equipment, including generating sets.
He added that smoke from bad and not so bad vehicles and generating sets have caused untold hardship to Lagosians, "and the state government and LASEPA can not continue to watch while the atmosphere is polluted".
"If we want Lagos to be like one of the states in the United States of America, we cannot continue to fold our arms and watch vehicles emit smokes that are injurious to people's health," the LASEPA boss stressed.
He, however, cautioned that the motive behind the clampdown on 'smoking vehicles' was not monetary, but born out of the desire "to make the environment conducive for our people." On the mode of apprehending offenders, Engr. Adesina said that a mobile device would be put in place to check offenders, adding that by the time the implementation began, "it will be in the overall interest of our people." The LASEPA boss was, however, quick to note that an enabling law would be put in place by the Lagos State Government before the implementation of regulations and control of vehicular emission began.
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