The Lagos Waste Management Authority has disengaged some street sweepers, their supervisors and the service provider responsible for their operations over alleged indiscriminate waste dumping along the Oworonshoki-Beger axis of Lagos.
The decision followed investigations and surveillance by the Authority, which established that the affected sweepers were allegedly involved in dumping waste on the median, an area identified as a recurring waste blackspot.
In a post obtained from its Facebook account on Saturday, speaking on the development, LAWMA Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said the sweepers confessed to the act during the investigation.
He said the affected personnel and service provider were disengaged to demonstrate the Authority’s commitment to maintaining high standards in waste management across the state.
“The sweepers, their supervisors and the service provider were disengaged from the cleaning operation to underscore the Authority’s commitment to ensuring that all personnel and service providers engaged in waste management in the State upheld the standards expected of them and did not contribute to the environmental challenges they were engaged to address,” Gbadegesin said.
