The Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has urged Lagos residents to make clean environment a permanent habit that goes beyond occasions and festivities. Gbadegesin said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos,…
Lagos reopens Alaba Rago Market
The Lagos State Government has reopened Alaba Rago Market, Ojo, following its closure last week for various environmental infractions. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Wahab…
Lagos shuts Mile 12, Owode Onirin markets over environmental breaches
The Lagos State Government has announced the immediate closure of Mile 12 International and Owode Onirin markets for various environmental infractions. The closure of these markets was contained in a statement released on Friday, signed by the Director of Public…
LAWMA clears roadside traders at Lagos market
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has dislodged traders engaged in roadside trading around Oyingbo Market in Lagos for constituting environmental nuisance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market is currently sealed for various environmental infractions. The…
Eid-el-Fitr: LAWMA tasks Lagos residents on proper waste disposal
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has appealed to residents to shun indiscriminate waste disposal during and after the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, made the appeal in a statement on Friday in…
Confusion as LAWMA, LAGESC demolish approved property in Lagos
A businessman, Oladele Soneye, has accused officials of the Lagos State Environment Sanitation Corps and the Lagos Waste Management Authority of demolishing his car wash along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, in the Abule Egba area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered…
LAWMA begins rehabilitation of dumpsites, targets 850 daily trips
To ensure sustainability in its waste management and disposal efforts, the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) had begun rehabilitation of its five legal dumpsites. The exercise, which involves building 21 platforms on the sites will ensure the seeing off of…