The Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Waste Management Authority
(LAWMA), Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni has charged residents to fully embrace waste
containerisation, to aid the seamless evacuation of waste, to prevent flooding, as
the rainy season approaches.
He also enjoined Lagosians to procure the standard waste bins,
for easy segregation and perfect containerisation of waste, in line with the
recently launched “Adopt-a-bin” initiative.
Odumboni made the appeal on Tuesday, during an advocacy program in Agege Local Government and Orile-Agege Local Council Development Area, in continuation of his stakeholders’ meeting, aimed at educating people across the 57 local government areas in the state, on waste management best practices.
Pix: The Managing Director/CEO, Lagos Waste Management Authority, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni (2nd right) and rep. of chairman, Agege Local Govt., Hon. Gbenga Abiola (m); Baale Dopemu-Agege, High chief Shuaib Ajani Afogunlowo (2nd left); Agege Council leader, Hon. Oloruntoyin Najeem (L); and LAWMA's Executive Director Finance, Mr. Kunle Adebiyi, during Agege LG stakeholders’ meeting on solid waste management, held at the secretariat, on Tuesday, 22nd March 2022.
He said the standard waste bins were durable and fitted with
smart devices, making them some of the best obtainable anywhere in the world,
noting, however, that residents could choose to procure alternative bins to
store their waste.
He said: “We are here today because your well-being is our
priority. Health they say is wealth. This is our watchword in LAWMA. We have
come to encourage you to do the right thing at the right time, by procuring
bins provided by LAWMA, you can pay by installment, rather than allowing refuse
to litter carelessly on the streets. Those wastes alongside the ones dumped
inside drainage would cause flooding when it rains. It can only get better if
we all cooperate to do what is right''.
“These two councils have developed tremendously over time, I
must commend the leadership of the councils for a job well done, especially in
the area of environmental cleanliness. We want you to do more. Empower your
youths, LAWMA will train them on waste policing, let them assist health
officers and help carry out enforcement against recalcitrant tenements. Some of
these unemployed youths can also key into the business opportunities in
recycling by sorting recyclable wastes
like pet bottles, cans, cartons, sachet nylons, e.t.c, which can be sold to
companies; they can make money from it", Odumboni stressed.
The LAWMA boss, therefore, implored the leadership of market
associations in the councils, community development associations, artisans and
residents, to patronise assigned PSPs, and desist from the patronage of
cart-pushers.
In his speech, the Chairman of Agege Local Government Area,
Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi, represented by the Vice-chairman, Hon. Gbenga
Abiola, disclosed that an executive bill to support the environment and promote
sanitation in the area would soon be passed.
"This initiative is indeed laudable. Lagos State always
sets the pace while others follow. Here in Agege, we hold discussions on
environmental cleanliness with our CDAs and CDCs and we have ensured perfect
hygiene is maintained. We assure you that the theme of discourse will be spread
across all wards in the council and a positive outcome will be achieved",
Abiola noted.
In his remarks, the Chairman of Orile-Agege Local Community
Development Area, Hon. Johnson Babatunde, represented by the Vice-chairman,
Hon. Akanni Pedro Oluwatoyin, appreciated the Authority for organising the
event, noting that it would contribute to positive attitudinal change among the
people.
Also commenting, the Council Leader of Agege Local Government,
Hon. Nojeem Oloruntoyin assured that the legislative arm of the council would
enact laws backing youth empowerment in waste management, expressing optimism
that it would go a long way in improving the economic development of the youths.
For inquiries and waste management-related complaints, please
call LAWMA toll-free numbers: 07080601020 and 617.
Kadiri Folashade (Mrs.)
Director, Public Affairs
22/03/2022
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