* To rid estate of refuse cart pushers
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has disclosed readiness to carry out major enforcement operations around FESTAC Town in the next few weeks, to stem the activities of cart-pushers, which it says have badly degraded the environment.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, announced through a statement that the activities of the outlawed cart-pushers have increased the level of indiscriminate disposal of waste at unauthorised locations such as in drainage channels, road medians and uncompleted buildings.
He stated that the enforcement would be carried out to restore sanity to the environment and forestall the consequences of indiscriminate dumping of refuse, especially during this rainy season.
Odumboni, therefore, urged residents to shun patronage of cart-pushers, whose activities jeopardise the health and safety of residents, stressing the need to patronise assigned PSP operators and to pay for waste services promptly.
While maintaining that the State government, through LAWMA, has empowered PSP operators to render quality waste management services across the metropolis, the General Manager enjoined residents to call LAWMA toll-free numbers: 07080601020 and 617 for waste management related issues.