Lagos Waste Management Authority
(LAWMA) has embarked on a two-day enforcement operation at Lekki axis, to clear
the roadsides of various illegal activities defacing the environment.
The exercise involved clearance
of waste nuisance and dislodging of street trading from First Roundabout to
Jakande axis, as well as Freedom Way entrance, on Lekki Epe expressway.
The Managing Director/CEO of
LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni said the operation would ensure that the area was
rid of structures and elements constituting environmental nuisance, such as
littering and improper waste disposal, currently undermining efforts of the
Authority at maintaining sustainable cleanliness.
He said, “Our enforcement team is
carrying out a two-day campaign, which began on Thursday, January 20, 2022, to
stem the tide of littering and defacing of the environment, ensuring that
effective sanitation is sustained within the VI axis of the state”.
Odumboni pointed out that street
trading activities by some persons in the area, had attracted all forms of
gathering, including beggars, thus leading to high level of environmental
degradation, including littering and open defecation.
The LAWMA helmsman stated that
the agency had rolled out various programmes and initiatives, aimed at
achieving a consistently clean environment across the metropolis, calling on
residents to support those efforts, by avoiding indiscriminate waste disposal
and other vices.
He also implored residents to
imbibe the habit of bagging their wastes at all times, using appropriately
covered waste bins for containerisation, as well as patronising assigned PSP
operators, who had been mandated to evacuate wastes generated by tenements.
For inquiries on waste management
related issues in your area, please call LAWMA toll-free numbers: 07080601020
and 617 (for GLO users).
Folashade Kadiri
Director, Public Affairs
20/01/2022
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