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LAGOS State residents have been assured by the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) of prompt evacuation of waste during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
LAWMA’s Chief Executive Officer Mr. Muyiwa Adejokun gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
He said officials had been directed to work throughout the two-day holiday.
“We have put in place logistics to ensure a waste-free celebration.
”Our men, with their trucks, have been directed to operate on a 12-hour basis, as well as go on a round-tripping, that is doubling their trips on waste evacuation.
”This arrangement will help to reduce any form of delays or excuses for non-evacuation of waste.
”Our various supervisors are also on duty to ensure prompt picking of refuse.
”They will also ensure that our environment is kept clean before resumption of work,’’ he said.
He added that free waste bags were distributed to various private sector participation (PSP) operators and mosques before the celebration.
Adejokun said the bags were for proper bagging of refuse and easy pickup by waste managers.
“We expect that waste be properly bagged or containerised,’’ he said.
The LAWMA CEO warned residents, especially, Moslems that slaughtered rams and organised parties, to desist from indiscriminate dumping of their wastes in water channels.
He said such disposal of wastes could lead to heavy flooding during downpour.
He frowned at the unhygienic ways some of the animals were being reared by their owners as well as the manner their wastes were being disposed of after slaughtering.
Adejokun urged residents to embrace the waste management policy of the state government during the celebration by patronising LAWMA and PSP operators for the disposal of their wastes.
He warned them against patronising cart pushers.
”If anyone notices erring PSP operator, please call us on our toll free lines; 5577, 070, 806, 01020.
”Someone will be on duty to pick the calls and we will react to them promptly as long as it has to do with waste collection,” Adejokun said.
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