The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Waste Management Authority, Muyiwa Gbadegesin. Photo: LAWMA
The Lagos Waste Management Authority has commenced a special intervention to clear accumulated waste along the Ayobo-Ipaja axis, particularly Megida and its environs, following concerns over indiscriminate dumping on road medians within the area.
Speaking on the intervention on Friday, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said that the agency had responded to the situation by deploying its operational team to clear the affected medians, “while enforcement personnel were also on ground to address the infractions responsible for the recurring waste accumulation.”
The Director of Public Affairs at LAWMA, Mukaila Sanusi, announced this in a statement over the weekend obtained by The PUNCH.
He explained that routine monitoring had established that indiscriminate dumping along the affected corridor was being fuelled largely by illegal trading activities, including markets operating on road medians, as well as residents who failed to patronise the PSP operators assigned to their areas.
