The Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, has challenged households in Lagos Island to acquire waste bins, for proper keeping and easy evacuation of their waste.
He threw the challenge during a stakeholder meeting organized by LAWMA, at Lagos Island West Local Government, Iso, Onigari, where he insisted that the real headache behind the waste mess around the Island, was the lack of waste bins in respective homes.
The Managing Director/CEO, Lagos Waste Management Authority, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni (m); rep. of the council Chairman, Hon. Mohammed Eshilokun (3rd left); LAWMA's Executive Director of Finance, Mr. Kunle Adebiyi (2nd left); AGM. Performance Management, Mrs. Tawa Oyekanmi (3rd right); and Chief Technical Officer, Dr. Olohunwa Tijani (2nd right), during the Local Govt stakeholders’ meeting on solid waste management in the state, at the council secretariat, on Tuesday, 5th April 2022.
Odumboni said, if residents had waste bins in every home,
properly containerizing their waste, it would prevent litter which is a common
sight in Lagos Island and enable easy evacuation.
The LAWMA helmsman said, “The problem with waste management on
the island here is the non-availability of waste bins in households. If you have
waste bins, you can properly containerize your waste and there will be no
litter everywhere. It will make evacuation easy and everywhere will be clean.
Lagos Island cannot be left this way, we have to make a change".
He said it was not mandatory to purchase LAWMA bins, but just
ensure you have any bin to properly package their waste.
Responding, the council chairman, Hon. Tijani Adetoyese Olusi,
represented by his vice, Hon. Mohammed Eshinlokun, hinted at the recruitment of
youths as drainage guards to clear the drainage channels around the Island,
adding that it was a way of empowering the youths and keeping the environment
clean.
“We have recruited youths here as drainage guards to clear our
gutters. This will help to frequently desilt the drainage channels and improve
our environment. We are also appealing to the government to help find a lasting
solution to environmental pollution,” he concluded.
LAWMA’s Executive Director Finance, Mr. Kunle Adebiyi, and the
Chief Technical Officer, Dr. Olorunwa Tijani, both enjoined residents to
enhance environment-friendly habits and stop patronizing cart pushers.
The Community Development Committee Chairman for Lagos Island
West, Chief Abu Elemoro, commended LAWMA for the stakeholders’ meeting, calling
for a continuation of such consultation, to arrest the people’s attention.
A cross-section of participants at the Lagos Island West Local Govt stakeholders' meeting on solid waste management in the state, held at the council secretariat, on Tuesday, 5th April 2022
Also present were Iyaloja General Lagos Island West; Alhaja
Rasikat Abeje Lasisi, Supervisor for the environment; Alhaji Audu Atanda, AGM Performance Management; Mrs. Tawa Oyekanmi, AGM West District; Mr. Akinwale
Adeshina, among others.
Folashade Kadiri
Director Public Affairs
5th April 2022.
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