By Dickson Omobola
Association of Real Estate Developers of Lagos State, AREDOLS, has petitioned the Lagos State House of Assembly over what it described as the Lagos State Waste Management Authority’s, LAWMA, misclassification of construction materials as waste, urging the lawmakers to direct the agency to stop imposing levies and penalties on such materials.
AREDOLS Chairman, Kamil Shodeinde, and General Secretary, Ahmod Olukotun, made the call in a petition titled: ‘Urgent Petition on LAWMA’s Neglect of Its Primary Responsibility on Domestic Waste Management and Misclassification of Construction Materials as Waste,” dated August 10.
The association faulted LAWMA for classifying planks, derricks and other construction materials as construction waste, insisting that the items were recyclable materials used in building projects.
It also called on the House of Assembly to investigate what it described as LAWMA’s failure to effectively manage domestic waste across the state.
