LAWMA TO ENHANCE PSP SERVICES - DR. GBADEGESIN

The Managing Director of Lagos Waste Management Authority 
(LAWMA), Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has reiterated the agency's 
commitment to improving the waste management services rendered 
by private sector participants (PSP) through robust government 
assistance to sustain their businesses.
As a sign-post of greater things to come the way of these 
entrepreneurs, Dr. Gbadegesin presented consolatory cheques to 
three PSP operators whose compactors got burnt on active duty.
The occasion was an interactive session with PSP operators at 
LAWMA Ogudu zonal facility, where he noted that the authority 
would not relent in its effort to provide a business friendly 
environment for the waste collectors, as well as a climate of 
partnership and collaboration.
Speaking further, Gbadegesin hinted that the authority would early 
next year take delivery of new compactors being procured by the 
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration in a determined effort 
to tackle the challenge of waste management in the state.
Waxing philosophical, he reflected that no one could accurately 
predict future occurrences in business, hence the need for the 
operators to get insurance cover for their operational vehicles, to 
mitigate unforeseen occurrences that are not palatable.
He said 2019 had been an eventful year for waste management in 
the state and the end of the year interactive session became 
necessary to dialogue over subsisting challenges hampering their 
operations and work towards proffering solutions to them. 
The LAWMA boss was emphatic that the administration of Governor 
Sanwo-Olu 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. 
Responding, the president of Association of Waste Managers of 
Nigeria (AWAMN), Mr. David Oriyomi, profoundly lauded the 
humanitarian gesture of the government on the cheque 
presentation, promising renewed enthusiasm of PSP operators, to 
work tirelessly towards making Lagos cleaner and livable for 
residents. 
He commended the state government for improving the condition of 
landfill sites in the metropolis, which would pave way for efficient 
turn-around time of waste evacuation trucks, urging the 
government to do more to boost the welfare of PSP workforce.
The interactive session was attended by various environmental 
stakeholders in the state, including the Chairman, House Committee 
on Environment, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Desmond 
Elliot.