Fawzi Kehinde
The Executive Chairman of Kosofe Local Government Area, Moyo Ogunlewe, has raised the alarm over the conversion of a toilet facility into a food shop and hair salon at the Onabanjo Street market in Oworoshoki, Lagos State.
Ogunlewe made the discovery during an unannounced inspection of the market, which also doubled as a supervision visit to ongoing road construction projects in the area.
In a video of the visit shared on his X handle on Saturday, the council chairman was seen moving through the busy market, engaging traders, officials, and community members on the hygiene and public health risks posed by the arrangement.
“Na toilet be this now. No be toilet be this? Madam, sorry o. You are sitting beside a toilet. You can’t do that now,” he said, while pointing out the facility to those around him.
The footage showed exposed plumbing, PVC pipes and unfinished concrete walls inside the structure where the businesses were operating.
Speaking separately to an elder identified as the Baba Adini of a mosque, Ogunlewe said in Yoruba, “Baba, where people are making hair and selling food that people will eat, the place is a toilet. Is it good? Baba, if I serve you, you will pay 20 million. Wallahi.”
In a caption accompanying the video, Ogunlewe framed the issue as a concern, asking: “Why do you have a food shop and salon in a toilet in a local market?”
He described unannounced visits to markets and project sites as part of his approach to local governance, focused on on-the-spot assessment and public accountability.
