LAGOS WASTE MANAGEMENT Archives

LAWMA Arrange New Plans For Waste Management

By: Esther Ayoola Lagos Waste Management Authority don announce new way, wey dem wan take manage dirty for Apapa-Iganmu area, say na operation show your Payment Receipt. Dis dem disclose for statement signed by oga LAWMA, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, con post for Lagos State Gornment’s official social media platforms on Monday say make all residents and business owners readi dia assigned Private Sector Participant waste operators. Oga LAWMA say, di exercise […]

February 24, 2026 5

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LAWMA Tell Traders, Residents Make Dem Use PSP Operators

By: Esther Ayoola Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) don begin serious clean-up along Lagos–Badagry Expressway. For inside statement wey dem wrap like moimoi share to tori pipo on Monday, LAWMA Managing Director, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, say na heavy-duty carriers, loaders and support teams dem dey use take dey clear di illegal dump sites like Alaba Rago. Oga Muyiwa, say di move na part of environmental sustainability and compliance drive wey go […]

February 23, 2026 5

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Lagos Gorment Ginger Area To Keep Lagos Clean

By: Esther Ayoola Lagos State Permanent Secretary and Solicitor General, Hameed Oyenuga, dey cry wetin nor good say Lagos dey smell eh, say Lagos dey smell, all because of pipo just dey troway dirty yangayanga everywhere. E yan dis one for ogbonge two-day retreat wey Lagos State Special Offences Mobile Court hold for Amber Residence, Ikeja. Dem title di retreat “Di Mandate of di Lagos State Special Offences Mobile Court, […]

February 13, 2026 3

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LAWMA Beg Lagos Resident To Stop Attack On LAWMA Officers

By: Esther Ayoola Di Lagos waste Management Authority don warn resident make dem try stop di bad habit of attacking and harrassing officers wey dey enforce waste management laws across di state. Untop yanings with newsmen, Oga Managing Director, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, say officers wey dey try protect public health, enforce sanitation rules and keep Lagos clean, suppose get beta public support and not gbasgbose. Gbadegesin press tuks dat, all […]

January 30, 2026 6

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Why Dirty Full Lagos Streets, LAWMA Blame Population

By: Esther Ayoola Say Dorti don full everywia for streets for Lagos, business areas, making pipo to fear for dia lives. According to Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA say di mata no be only about truck or workers, but also pipo behaviour and how residents dey handle dia waste. LAWMA boss, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, Lagos get about 27 million pipo and each person dey produce about half kilo of waste […]

January 26, 2026 7

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Lagos Go Buy 100 New Trucks to Keep City Clean

By: Esther Ayoola Lagos State Gorment don yarn say dem go buy 100 new CNG compactor trucks next year as part of 10-year plan to make city clean. LAWMA Managing Director, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, talk say dem go dey add 200–250 new trucks every year until dem reach 2,000 1,000 for daily work, 1,000 for backup. E add say dis long-term plan go join state-wide household billing system, wey go help […]

December 5, 2025 5

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LAWMA Don Intensify Crackdown On Illegal Dumping Across Lagos

Di Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) don reinforce dia enforcement operations across di state, as dem target indiscriminate dumping, black spots and persistent environmental violations wey dey threaten public health and urban resilience. Di Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, talk say di waste management challenges for some areas still dey, but dem remain committed to end all reckless disposal habits. He explain say because of Lagos coastal geography, […]

November 18, 2025 5

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Lagos Don Ready To Shut Down Old Dumpsite

Lagos State Government don announce say dem go decommission major landfill dem wey don old for use, as part of plan to improve waste management and protect environment for di state. Tokunbo Wahab, di Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, talk dis one for X (formerly Twitter) after meeting with all 57 Local Government and Local Council Development Area chairmen. Wahab yarn say dem go shut down landfills like Olusosun […]

October 23, 2025 22

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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 […]

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