The event which is slated to take place at Lagos House, Alausa,
Ikeja on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, will also see the governor unveiling 100
double dino bins painted in the all-orange LAWMA colour.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the
Authority, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, has described the local assemblage of the
trucks as first of its kind.
Odumboni said: “The volume of wastes generated in the State
is so huge that we need mobile waste management trucks in good working
condition to effectively manage it. This is why Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has
given us much of the things we require to function. The new trucks will be
distributed to cover major areas in Lagos and, as such, there is no excuse not
to deliver.
“Waste management is a big sector in Lagos, one of the
world’s fastest-growing megacities and Africa’s most populous. Residents
generate an estimated 13,000 metric tonnes of waste daily. In the sector, 6,000
people have been employed. There are many Private Sector Participators (PSPs)
who spoke also of 550 trucks in their fleet.”
The government has embarked on the rehabilitation of all
dumpsites in the State, according to Odumboni, who said efforts were ongoing to
convert wastes to energy.
He saud: “We will get to that point in this administration
when electricity will be generated from wastes. We have a mandate from the
Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources to deliver and we
understand the peculiarity of Lagos, so we want to ensure that things are done
properly.”
The LAWMA boss, therefore, advised residents to continue to
patronise the PSP operators and pay them promptly. Besides, residents, he said,
should stop desecrating the environment with wastes and throwing refuse in the
drains.
On the interest of investors in the sector, Odumboni said:
“For the PSP, we have about 457 operators and majority of them have at least
three trucks. LAWMA is still working to bring more investors into the waste
management cycle.”
He described the Olusosun dumpsite, the biggest in the
state, as an old facility that has been in existence for 27 years, adding that
there were plans to migrate the site to a state of energy.
“We are intensifying efforts to turn wastes to energy;
wastes can be extracted and turned to energy,” Odumboni affirmed.
He said that LAWMA is working on a consistently cleaner
Lagos and has created an app where residents can monitor all environmental
infractions.
“The beauty of this project is that all materials from
scratch to completion were sourced locally, creating a ripple effect of job and
wealth creation.
“The THEMES Agenda of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration,
which the ‘H’ stands for Health and Environment is part of the developmental
agenda of this administration.
“Mr. Governor’s first executive order on assumption of
office was a complete overhaul of the Lagos State Sanitation and Waste
Management Structure, this move also birthed the Lagos At 4am initiative that
ensured the prompt cleaning disposal of waste in the early hours of the
mornings,” Odumboni stated.
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