The managing director of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has restated the agency’s commitment to improved waste evacuation by private sector participants (PSP) through robust government assistance to sustain their businesses.
In what signaled the readiness of LAWMA to support to assist the PSP operators, Gbadegesin on Friday presented consolatory cheques to three PSP operators whose compactors got burnt on active duty.
The LAWMA boss made the presentation during an interactive session with PSP operators, noting that the authority would not relent effort to provide a business-friendly environment for the waste collectors, as well as a climate of partnership and collaboration.
He hinted that the authority would early next year take delivery of new compactors being procured by the state government in a determined effort to tackle the challenge of waste management in Lagos.
He, however, charged the PSP operators to secure insurance cover for their businesses in order to mitigate unpleasant and unforeseen occurrences.
The MD said 2019 had been an eventful year for waste management in the state, maintaining that the end of the year interactive session became necessary to dialogue over subsisting challenges hampering PSP operations and working towards proffering appropriate solutions.
The LAWMA boss was emphatic that this administration would stop at nothing to support the waste collectors in the execution of their statutory duties, promising that the in-coming year would witness drastic improvements in waste management services across the metropolis.
President of Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAMN), David Oriyomi, applauded the gesture of the government, describing the cheque presentation as humanitarian and promising renewed enthusiasm of PSP operators to work towards making Lagos cleaner and serene for residents.
