LAWMA sacks supervisors and sweepers over indiscriminate dumping in Lagos

The Lagos Waste Management Authority has dismissed street sweepers, their supervisors and the service provider overseeing them after surveillance allegedly caught them dumping waste on the median along the Oworonshoki-Beger axis.

LAWMA said the median had become a recurring waste blackspot. During the investigation, the affected sweepers allegedly confessed to the dumping, according to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Muyiwa Gbadegesin.

“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.

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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.

The authority also reported the arrest of two suspected illegal waste dumpers near the Berger-Oworonshoki axis. Timileyin Ojo, identified as a male load carrier, was allegedly caught using a wheelbarrow to dump waste on the road median. The second suspect, described as a suspected cart pusher, allegedly carried out unauthorised waste collection in the same area.

Both suspects were taken to the Oshodi Task Force Office, also known as the Mobile Court, for further investigation and possible prosecution under Lagos environmental laws. Gbadegesin said residents, businesses and waste collectors should use approved disposal channels and patronise only assigned Private Sector Participants. He added that waste workers and service providers must meet the same standards expected of other stakeholders.

“Our responsibility is to keep Lagos clean, and everyone involved in that responsibility must play their part. Where our investigations establish that anyone is contributing to the problem, appropriate action will be taken. There will be no exceptions,” he said. LAWMA said surveillance would continue along the Berger-Oworonshoki axis and at other identified waste hotspots.

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Our responsibility is to keep Lagos clean, and everyone involved in that responsibility must play their part. Where our investigations establish that anyone is contributing to the problem, appropriate action will be taken. There will be no exceptions.