23rd October, 2023
The popular Alaba International Market has been shut down by Lagos State Government.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment Tokunbo Wahab confirmed the development.
According to the commissioner, the market was closed down due to poor waste disposal practices among others.
“Alaba International Market, Ojo has been sealed up for poor waste disposal practices, failure to pay their waste bills, and gross environmental sanitation offences,” Tokunbo Wahab stated.
The closure is the latest in the shutting down of markets and demolition of illegal structures by the Lagos State Government.
Lagos government recently sealed but later reopened the Mile 12 International Market. The Owode Onirin Market along Ikorodu Road also faced a similar fate for indiscriminate waste disposal.
The Lagos State Government had equally shut the Ladipo Auto Parts Market and other markets for environmental infractions.