MALI RENAMES COLONIAL FRENCH STREET NAMES. (PHOTO).

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 Mali renames colonial French street names Mali followed Burkina Faso and Niger on Wednesday in renaming streets and squares in its capital to get rid of their French colonial names, AFP reported. Streets bearing the names of members of France's colonial administration have been rebaptised in Bamako, according to a decree by the junta chief. Cedeao Avenue (the French acronym for the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS) is also now named after a new strategic confederation that Mali has formed with Burkina Faso and Niger – the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In all, nearly 25 names have been replaced, among them boulevards, streets, squares and public establishments. Niger and Burkina Faso have already made several changes to street and monument names in the last two years. In October, Niger renamed several historic sites in its capital Niamey which previously bore references to old colonial master France. Mali has been ruled by the military since back-to-back coups ...

LAGOS STATE WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT OFFICE SEALS PROPERTY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCE . (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE


 LAGOS STATE WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT OFFICE SEALS PROPERTY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCE 


 


The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO) has once again shown its dedication to ensuring credible and sustainable wastewater management in the State by clamping down on the Orchid Shopping Centre along Orchid Road Eti-Osa for discharging untreated wastewater into the road and public drains.


According to a release from the of the General Manager, Engr. Adefemi Afolabi, the Agency exercised its authority to shut down the Centre in line with its mandates to monitor and ensure buildings have sustainable and environmentally friendly wastewater treatment systems in place. 


LSWMO discovered, through its monitoring and compliance team, that the Orchid Shopping Centre was discharging untreated wastewater into the road and public drains thereby creating environmental nuisance and endangering public health. 


The Office, therefore, advised all Residents, Estates and Organisations discharging untreated wastewater and sewage into the environment to desist or face sanctions according to the law. 


It noted that necessary sanctions will be served on the property, the owners and occupiers in line with the provisions of the Lagos State Environmental Management and Protection Law, 2017. 


The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office reiterated that the State has zero tolerance for environmental pollution and degradation that portends negative effects on the public health of its citizens.

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