The Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) has reiterated its commitment to collaborating with security agencies for the safety and security of Lagosians at parks and gardens across the State.
The General Manager of LASPARK, Mrs. Adetoun Popoola, speaking at her office in Ikeja, stated that the reason behind the creation of the parks is to promote recreation and leisure where people can relax and enjoy the scenery without fear from anyone.
“If the Gardens are beautiful and people can’t use them as a result of nefarious activities of miscreants, then the purpose for which they are created is defeated”, she said.
Popoola asserted that the mandate of LASPARK is to establish and maintain public parks and gardens in Lagos, adding that the agency will continue to live up to this responsibility by taking over contaminated and incidental open spaces, setbacks, roundabouts and transform them into leisure and entertainment spots.
Speaking further, the General Manager disclosed that LASPARK has an in-house monitoring and enforcement team that goes around daily to ensure the sites are free from criminal activities.
“Other units within the agency such as Operations, Vegetal, Tree Planting, Maintenance and Greener Lagos Managers (GLMs) spread across the six zones in the State, complement the efforts of the enforcements officers by raising issues spotted on-site and ensuring they are escalated to the appropriate authority”, she added.
Popoola emphasised that the agency will continue to collaborate with security agencies, whose duty is to maintain peace and order within the State to make parks and gardens also safe and secure for public use.
She, however, enjoined Lagosians to support the agency by reporting all untoward activities of hoodlums or miscreants noticed at any of the gardens through the agency’s social media platforms for a prompt response.
