The Managing Director/CEO of Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, has urged residents in Lagos Island to acquire waste bins, for proper keeping and easy evacuation of waste in the area.
The LAWMA boss who stated this during a stakeholder meeting organised by the authority at Lagos Island West Local Government, Iso, Onigari, insisted that the real headache behind waste mess around the Island, was the lack of waste bins in
respective homes.
Odumboni said, if residents had waste bins in their homes, properly containerising their waste, it would prevent litters which is a common sight on the Island, and enable easy evacuation.
He said, “The problem with waste management on the island here is non availability of waste bins in households. If you have waste bins, you can properly containerise your waste and there will be no litters 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 though it was not mandatory to purchase LAWMA bins, the residents must ensure they have any bin to properly package their waste.
Responding, the council chairman, Hon. Tijani Adetoyese Olusi, represented by his vice, Hon. Mohammed Eshinloken, hinted on 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 said.
