“Waste everywhere, mosquitoes everywhere,” Nwapa stated, adding that the sanitation collapse has made malaria prevention efforts increasingly impossible.
A civic campaign group under the banner of #EndMalariaInNigeria has accused the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government of presiding over what it described as a collapsing waste management system that has turned parts of Lagos into “a breeding ground for mosquitoes, rats, and disease vectors.
In a press release on Saturday by its Convener, Francis Nwapa, the group said the refuse crisis across the state reflects “the bankruptcy of governance” under the ruling All Progressives Congress administration, warning that the situation now poses a looming public health emergency.
The group alleged that in several communities across Lagos, approved private waste collectors have abandoned services for weeks, leaving households and business areas submerged in heaps of refuse.
“Waste everywhere, mosquitoes everywhere,” Nwapa stated, adding that the sanitation collapse has made malaria prevention efforts increasingly impossible.
