Lagos railway track
The Lagos State government took swift action in response to a video circulating on social media, depicting a trader conducting business on a railway track as a train passed by. Reacting to the concerning footage, Tokunbo Wahab, the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, announced that the traders have been removed from the rail area. Wahab shared a video showing the cleared railway tracks, emphasizing that the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water, along with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI), initiated immediate and continuous enforcement to ensure the rail tracks remain clear of traders.
Sharing a video of the train tracks free of traders, Wahab wrote;
‘’In response to the trending video of traders selling wares on rail lines, the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water through the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI), this morning, begin immediate and sustained enforcement and clearing of the rail tracks.”