Lagos Go Use Fruit Waste Generate Electric Power For Ketu-Ikosi Market.

Lagos State don show plan to dey generate light from organic waste, The kind waste wey plenty for Ketu-Ikosi fruit market wey dey cause wahala for long time. Dr Olumuyiwa Gbadegesin, the managing director for Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), talk this one for the 2025 Yearly Lecture and Awards wey Property & Environment Writers Association of Nigeria (PEWAN) organize for Ikeja. Gbadegesin describe how things go take change, focusing on important place wey be Ketu-Ikosi fruit market. E talk say, “We go get light for the market,” and e promise say dem go provide 29 megawatts electricity for the market using the leftover food/fruit waste wey people dey just see as waste. E point to the big pile of fruit peelings, waste leaves, and small small vegetable parts, not with wahala but with plan to make the future clean and steady. E talk about the biodigester wey dey market, wey dey like giant wey never wakka yet but ready to chop the waste to produce fuel. E vision be say the thing wey people dey throway go become power source. E no only dey talk to the government people but also market traders dem wey go make this change become reality. E talk say, “We wan make market people sabi the source of fruit so dem go fit help spread this better talk.” E add say from research dem sabi say fruit waste fit make biogas and compound for farming. For Ketu-Ikosi fruit market, dem get biodigester wey never begin work. E want make market people start to separate their waste so e go fit feed the biodigester well and dem fit make light and cooking gas from their waste. This plan no just be for market, na blueprint for new way to live.

Gbadegesin ask traders make dem take care of their environment and say this change go start from ground level. E talk say traders fit use the biogas for cooking and also enjoy CNG for other work dem dey do. E urge dem say dem need to start to separate and sort their waste from the beginning, so e no go end for dump site. E also talk say the biggest wahala na how people dey behave. “Our own na our own behaviour,” e talk, saying people no too understand wetin waste really mean. E condemn how people dey throw waste for road and drain, wey dey cause dirty environment and health problem. Gbadegesin confirm say LAWMA dey put money for new machines and work to make people see wetin dem fit benefit from their waste. Dr Babatunde Ajayi, General Manager for Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), talk sey waste management na one important thing for whole THEMES+ Agenda, wey influence traffic, health, education, and tourism. E ask for “steady political support” for state’s Transfer and Recovery Programme and want strong partnership with media to carry message go far. Ajayi promise say dem go give “digital transparency,” like online dashboard wey everybody fit see to verify bills and services. E finish talk say partnership between government and media na the “missing link” wey Lagos need to become modern city for the 21st century.