To some people this is good news,
while some believe it will simply make a lot of people abandon their roles of
tidying up their environment all in the name of walking freely during the
exercise. Well a Federal High Court in Lagos has stopped the restriction of
people moving freely during the last Saturday’s monthly exercise in Lagos.
Here’s how Punch reports it.
while some believe it will simply make a lot of people abandon their roles of
tidying up their environment all in the name of walking freely during the
exercise. Well a Federal High Court in Lagos has stopped the restriction of
people moving freely during the last Saturday’s monthly exercise in Lagos.
Here’s how Punch reports it.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has declared as unlawful the
restriction of citizens’ movement during the Lagos monthly environmental
sanitation exercise.
restriction of citizens’ movement during the Lagos monthly environmental
sanitation exercise.
Justice Mohammed Idris, in a judgment delivered on Monday,
held that such restriction of movement in the name of sanitation amounted to a
violation of the citizens’ right to personal liberty and freedom of movement as
protected by sections 35 and 41 of the Constitution.
held that such restriction of movement in the name of sanitation amounted to a
violation of the citizens’ right to personal liberty and freedom of movement as
protected by sections 35 and 41 of the Constitution.
He therefore voided the power of the Lagos State Government
and its agents to arrest any citizen found moving between 7am and 10am on the
last Saturday of every month when the environmental sanitation exercise is
observed.
and its agents to arrest any citizen found moving between 7am and 10am on the
last Saturday of every month when the environmental sanitation exercise is
observed.
Idris held, “I have no doubt that the restrictions imposed
on the movement of persons and sanctions meted out to those who breach them are
clearly unsupportable in law and unjustified.
on the movement of persons and sanctions meted out to those who breach them are
clearly unsupportable in law and unjustified.
“I must state loud and clear that the environmental
sanitation exercise is not in itself unlawful, but what is unlawful and
unconstitutional is the restriction imposed by the respondents during the
exercise.
sanitation exercise is not in itself unlawful, but what is unlawful and
unconstitutional is the restriction imposed by the respondents during the
exercise.
“I hold that the rights of the applicant guaranteed under
Section 35 and 41 of the Constitution have been infringed upon by the
respondents. The applicant is entitled to all of the reliefs sought and they
are granted as prayed.”
Section 35 and 41 of the Constitution have been infringed upon by the
respondents. The applicant is entitled to all of the reliefs sought and they
are granted as prayed.”
A Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, had sued the
Lagos State Government, its agents and the police asking the court to scrap the
policy.
Lagos State Government, its agents and the police asking the court to scrap the
policy.
Adegboruwa, who said he commenced the action following his
arrest on June 29, 2013 by agents of the state, argued that the restriction
policy had continued to result in economic losses for the citizens who could
not go about their businesses for three hours while the exercise was in force.
arrest on June 29, 2013 by agents of the state, argued that the restriction
policy had continued to result in economic losses for the citizens who could
not go about their businesses for three hours while the exercise was in force.
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