The Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Ibrahim Odumboni, has warned residents against turning abandoned properties into dumpsites or using waste to reclaim lands for future uses. Odumboni who spoke through a release from the Authority at Ijora-Olopa noted that both illegal practices constituted environmental offences, punishable […]
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The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) held a free medical examination for sanitation personnel (street sweepers) at the Authority’s Transfer Loading Station in Simpson-Sura, Lagos Island. Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, the Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, stressed in his introductory remarks the importance of sweepers taking their health seriously, which is why […]
The Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, has called on residents to join the fight against plastic pollution, by bagging and containerising their waste. Odumboni made the call in his office on Friday, highlighting the dangers and health implications of indiscriminate waste disposal, especially plastic […]
Driving around Lagos, the commercial metropolis of Nigeria, one cannot help but notice the concrete actions taken by the Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration to establish environmental sustainability in the state. Following the T.H.E.M.E.S. agenda’s blueprint, which Mr Governor unveiled as soon as he took office in 2019, the state has […]
Stresses use of PAKAM app The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has celebrated the third anniversary of the Lagos Recycle Initiative, which was launched three years ago to introduce waste sorting at source for recycling purposes, combat plastic pollution, and create jobs for the city’s teeming residents. The event, organised […]
The Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, has called on residents in the state to support efforts of the Authority to rid the environment of filth, by paying their waste bills promptly. He said payment for waste services was very crucial to achieving the state’s […]
LAWMA Academy has completed this year’s four-week summer school for students, during which over 100 students from various Lagos State schools were trained on effective waste management and good environmental practices at the Authority’s headquarters in Ijora-Olopa. The Lagos Waste Management Authority’s academic arm is that school. Addressing the pupils, […]
The remains of Mr Oluwashola Kadiri, late husband of the Director of Public Affairs of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Folashade Kadiri, were laid to rest on Friday, 12th of August, 2022 at the Private Vaults, Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos. Mr Kadiri, popularly called ‘Solar,’ an accomplished businessman, died […]
Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, the Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has stated that the agency is working on the establishment of Transfer Loading Stations (TLS) in all local government areas of the state in order to facilitate the rapid and smooth evacuation of waste throughout the metropolis. […]
The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has warned against unwarranted attacks on its workers, carrying out lawful duties of waste evacuation during the day or night time. The Managing Director/CEO, Ibrahim Odumboni, gave the warning against the background of a reported attack by suspected miscreants on a LAWMA team, on […]