The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has assured residents that the current challenges affecting waste collection across the state will be significantly reduced within the next six to eight months.
The Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, gave the assurance on Saturday during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise held in Badagry.
Gbadegesin dismissed reports suggesting that local government councils were taking over the agency’s waste management responsibilities through separate waste collection arrangements.
He explained that the councils remain partners of LAWMA and are supporting the agency’s operations in different capacities.
According to him, each local government is in the process of acquiring two compactor trucks, while the Lagos State Government is also procuring additional waste collection vehicles to improve service delivery across the state.
Gbadegesin attributed the current delays in refuse collection to the rapid growth in Lagos’ population and the corresponding increase in the volume of waste generated daily.
He noted that the state government was investing in the expansion of waste management infrastructure to address the growing demand.
According to him, the construction of new waste disposal facilities has already commenced, with ongoing work at the Olusosun site, alongside the development of transfer loading stations and material recovery facilities.
He added that Badagry would also host a major material recovery facility designed to promote recycling and resource recovery.
Gbadegesin explained that the proposed facility would not serve as a dumpsite but would process waste safely while recovering recyclable materials capable of generating revenue.
The LAWMA boss attributed
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