The Lagos State Government has reacted to a video of a driver being harrased by some men over the choice of waste basket in his vehicle.
In the viral video posted online by singer, Yeni Kuti, an unidentified man could be seen harassing a driver for using an Ekiti state branded waste basket instead of a Lagos State branded waste basket
The man had claimed to be an official of “Lagos State Vehicle Waste Basket (LAVWAB) Enforcement/Compliance” and accused the driver of using an “illegal waste bin” in Lagos.
Reacting to the clip in a series of tweets via its Twitter handle on Thursday, LASG described the persons in the video as fraudsters and denied any affiliation with them.
The tweets read: “The Lagos State Government, on Thursday, disowned the viral video, where some uniformed impostors were promoting the sale of branded wastebaskets purportedly on behalf of the State.
“A statement signed by the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, noted that all the characters in the viral video are fraudsters who do not represent the State Government or any of its agencies.
Bello affirmed that there is no unit or agency under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources that goes by the name “Lagos State Vehicle Waste Basket LAVWSB, Enforcement/ Compliance” as portrayed in the branded vehicle which the fraudsters operated from.
“He pointed out that the dubious intent of the criminals in the video could be deduced from the fact that they operated from inside a van within an automobile workshop and were very dodgy about the kind of enforcement exercise they were supposedly carrying out.
“The Commissioner said the development has been communicated to security agents to spread their dragnets towards apprehending the criminals and their cohorts, wherever they operated from, and bring them to book.
“Bello, therefore, enjoined members of the public to report any incident of anyone claiming to represent the State Government and coercing them to purchase any particular brand of wastebaskets for placement in their vehicles.
“The Commissioner also implored owners and operators of buses, trucks and articulated vehicles in the State to continue to use wastebaskets of their choice in their vehicles, as part of efforts to discourage littering and promoting a culture of proper waste disposal.”
