The Lagos State Government has announced the resumption of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, beginning on April 25, 2026, nearly a decade after it was suspended.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this while speaking at Mushin–Agege Motor Road during the flag-off of the initiative organised by the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.
According to the governor, the exercise will hold on the last Saturday of every month from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., urging residents across the state to actively participate by cleaning their surroundings and maintaining proper waste disposal.
“I’m glad to share that the exercise will resume on Saturday, April 25, 2026, and will now hold on the last Saturday of every month from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. I encourage every Lagosian to take those two hours seriously. Step out, clean your surroundings, clear the drains in front of your homes and dispose of waste the right way,” he said.
Sanwo-Olu emphasised that maintaining a clean Lagos requires collective action from residents across all local government areas.
“The Lagos we all want will not appear overnight. It will come from the small actions we take together, street by street from LGA to LGA. Our commitment is clear. We will support this effort and ensure it is taken seriously. Together, we can keep Lagos cleaner, healthier and better for everyone who calls it home,” the governor added.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, urged residents to take the exercise as a civic responsibility.
“During this period, residents are enjoined to clean their surroundings, clear drainage channels in their frontages and dispose of waste properly,” Wahab said.
He noted that the sanitation exercise would be backed by strict enforcement from the state government.
“This exercise is a collective responsibility and a vital part of our commitment to a cleaner, healthier and flood-resilient Lagos. It shall be backed with the full enforcement weight of the Lagos State Government,” he added.
Wahab further explained that the reintroduction of the sanitation exercise was aimed at reviving a culture that was once a routine lifestyle among Lagos residents.
According to him, the suspension of the exercise had contributed to growing environmental challenges in the state.
“Now, waste, debt and environmental challenges have become an existential challenge to us as a state. It has taken us over a year to deliberate and agree that it is time to reintroduce a monthly environmental sanitation,” he said.
The commissioner appealed to residents to support the initiative by dedicating a few hours each month to environmental cleanliness.
“It’s a plea that it is time for us to give up just one or two hours a month. In our marketplaces, environmental cleanliness is observed every Thursday, but now we are saying as a state, let us once again observe environmental sanitation monthly as we did before 2016,” Wahab stated.
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