…Visits Six Schools At Lagos Island
Desirous to inculcate tenets of effective waste management into
the younger generation, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has embarked
on a massive advocacy program among primary and secondary schools in the state.
The Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni said that the agency’s decision to commence the school advocacy program was informed by the need to sensitise children on the ethics of proper waste management, thereby catching them young, for a better society.
He said, “Our main aim for embarking on massive school advocacy
is to raise the next generation of citizens who understand the place and
importance of effective waste management and environmental sustainability in
society. We cannot afford to be nonchalant about this because the future is at
stake”.
Odumboni noted that the Authority, working with other
stakeholders, like the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB),
was on a mission to create environmental awareness in all primary and secondary
schools, to change the narrative of waste and environmental management in Lagos
State.
“One of the objectives of LAWMA Academy is to raise the next generation of Solid Waste Management scholars and entrepreneurs whilst providing students with a variety of individualised and creative learning experiences in waste management, through our School Advocacy Program (SAP) that delivers waste education and sensitisation to students in primary and secondary schools in Lagos State”, he stated.
The LAWMA boss emphasised the need for parents and guardians to
encourage their children and wards to embrace the culture of recycling, waste
sorting at the point of generation, and containerisation, adding that habits
formed in tender years would be difficult to be abandoned.
He said the task of keeping Lagos clean remained a collective
responsibility, where all stakeholders were expected to play their roles to
establish a consistently clean environment.
Meanwhile, in the ongoing school advocacy program, the
Authority visited six schools at Lagos Island Local Government Area. The
schools included Ebute Elefun Nursery/Primary School, Anglican Girls Seminary
School, Christ Church Cathedral School, Tinubu Methodist School, St. Mary’s
Convent School, and St. Mary Girls.
Kadiri Folashade (Mrs.)
Director, Public Affairs
22/11/2022
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