Public toilets in Katangua Market in Lagos have been sealed for discharging effluents into public drains and exposing people to communicable diseases.

The operators of the public toilets engaged in environmental pollution by using pumping machines to pump untreated wastewater and sewage into public drains.

The toilets were sealed following investigations by the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSMWO), whose enforcement and compliance officers observed this environmental offense.

This development was disclosed in a Facebook post by the Lagos State Government.

“The public toilets located at Katangua Market were sealed up for the illegal discharge of sewage and untreated wastewater into the environment. The public toilets included the two inside Ile-Epo Market along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

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“The operators of the public toilets were seen using pumping machines to pump untreated wastewater and sewage into public drains, thereby polluting the environment and exposing citizens to communicable diseases through this illegal discharge,” the post read.

While reacting to the development, the General Manager of LSMWO, Engr. Adefemi Afolabi, reiterated the agency’s commitment to ensuring sustainable wastewater management practices in Lagos.

Afolabi noted that the agency will not tolerate activities contributing to environmental pollution and degradation in the state.

He also urged operators of public toilets in Lagos to practice safe and sustainable wastewater management practices and eschew practices that would endanger the health of residents by exposing them to diseases.