The Lagos State Government has intensified its crackdown on street begging and related public nuisances, with 226 beggars apprehended during a fresh enforcement exercise carried out across the state.
The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a post shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) account on Thursday.
According to Wahab, the arrests were made during a joint operation involving the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Task Force and the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps.
“In continuation of the ongoing daily clean-up and enforcement exercise across the State, a total of 226 beggars were apprehended earlier today by a joint team comprising the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Task Force and the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps,” the commissioner stated.
He said the operation was part of the state government’s sustained efforts to improve public safety and maintain a cleaner and
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