By Nimot Sulaimon
Lagos State Government has unveiled the ‘Citi Monitor App’ in a quest for a cleaner Lagos city initiative through citizens adherence and participation.
This online application will be used to monitor and report all environmental infractions.
Launching the app named “CitiMonitor Application and Enterprise Environmental Monitoring Infrastructure Information system (EEMIIS)”, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello stated that it would give the government a wider reach in monitoring and responding to environmental issues reported by residents.
“This app will maximise the reach of the government using the large population of Lagos. It will get to the nooks and crannies and help us to better report the state of the environment from blockage of our canals to indiscriminate waste dumping and every other infraction”, he said.
Bello who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Mrs Belinda Odeneye explained that the application, which the state government had been testing running for some time was now available for download on Google Play Store and Apple IOS Store.
He added that there are complaints and reports of infractions on daily basis on flooding, damaged roads, dilapidated building, illegal petrol stations, security violations, unlawful human activities, vehicle traffic situations, abandoned vehicles and other environmentally related issues that are underreported or not reported at all in the state.
Bello encouraged residents to avail themselves of the opportunity of downloading the App as it is clear that it would help them take ownership of the environment of the state as the citizens are the primary custodians.
He added that some selected officers of the Ministry are already using the application including 25 officers from the State-of-the Environment programme while other officers on the programme are expected to log on after the Launching.
