The enforcement exercise, which also affected parts of the Tejuosho Main Market, followed weeks of complaints from residents and commuters about indiscriminate waste disposal across major roads, medians and drainage channels in the area. Authorities say the situation had reached a level that posed serious risks to public health, traffic flow and flood management.
Confirming the development, the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) said the affected facilities had repeatedly ignored warnings against turning public spaces into refuse dumps. According to the agency, roadsides and open spaces within the corridor had been habitually used for waste disposal, undermining ongoing sanitation efforts and degrading the urban environment.
The Head of LAWMA’s Lagos/Badagry Axis, Bayo Mogaji, quoted the agency’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, as describing the practice as incompatible with Lagos’ status as a megacity. He noted that allowing such behaviour to persist, particularly in a high-traffic commercial hub like Ojuelegba–Tejuosho, would amount to surrendering public infrastructure to environmental disorder.
Gbadegesin stressed that sustained public enlightenment campaigns, accessible waste evacuation services and repeated official notices had failed to curb the behaviour of some traders and residents. He said the latest action was intended not as punishment alone, but as a corrective step to restore environmental order, civic discipline and shared responsibility.
LAWMA stated that the closures would remain in force until the affected areas are completely cleared of waste and full environmental compliance is achieved. The agency also warned that enforcement activities would be intensified beyond the Ojuelegba–Tejuosho corridor.
Mogaji added that LAWMA, working with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps and other regulatory bodies, would extend monitoring and enforcement across markets, highways and residential neighbourhoods. He cautioned that individuals and businesses found violating environmental regulations would face sanctions in line with existing state laws.
The authority assured residents that sanitation enforcement would remain continuous and uncompromising, insisting that the actions of a few would not be allowed to jeopardise public health, urban safety and the overall cleanliness of Lagos.