The Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led government in the state to suspend its planned ban on single-use plastics and carry stakeholders along to discuss alternatives.
The umbrella union’s state chairman, Mrs. Funmi Sessi, made the appeal in an interview on Monday in Lagos.
NAN reports that the state government recently announced plans to ban single-use plastics and sachet water by next January.
The government had said the policy was aimed at establishing sustainable guidelines for managing plastic wastes while protecting public health and the environment.
Sessi said: “There are implications for this government decision. That is why government should carry along all stakeholders.
“The number one implication it is going to have on the people is that by the time government lays a ban on this, many job losses will happen.
“That is why I am appealing to the government to have a rethink because at this particular time, those who are working in all these companies producing single-use bags, nylons, sachet water, you want to throw them into the unemployment market again.
“I use this medium to appeal to our ever-listening government to suspend that action because there has been much of hunger and anger in the land.”
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
