LAWMA Academy, the educational arm of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, will hold a four-week summer school on the tenets of effective waste management from August 1st to August 26th at its headquarters in Ijora-Olopa. The program, which debuted last year, aims to educate students on effective waste management and […]
Waste Managements
The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, is clearing the city’s waste backlog, primarily through massive night operations. The operations, which take place between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., are personally coordinated by the Authority’s Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, and have seen the clearance of waste indiscriminately dumped at some […]
Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, the Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has assured us that the waste backlog dotting the cityscape will be a thing of the past in seven days. He said this while coordinating operational activities throughout the city, adding that LAWMA would achieve the feat […]
Ibrahim Odumboni, the Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to removing all trash produced during the Sallah celebrations in order to leave the city sustainably clean. He made the comment as he assessed the Authority’s degree of readiness to deal with the […]
LAWMA Academy, the academic arm of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), was named ‘Government Agency of the Year’ at the 3rd edition of the Lagos Waste Forum, held at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, and organized by the Statewide Waste and Environmental Education Programme, SWEEP Foundation. Dr. (Mrs.) […]
Appeals for waste containerisation Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has reassured residents of firm commitment to a clean environment despite the challenge of diesel scarcity, while also appealing to them to bag and containerise their waste. The Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, stated this on Friday while monitoring […]
Igando-Ikotun residents tasked with waste policing Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has reiterated its commitment to stamping out all forms of indiscriminate waste disposal in the state, by collaborating with various stakeholders, especially community leaders. The Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, made this known on Monday, stressing that […]
The Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, has charged residents of Itire-Ikate area of Lagos, to take full responsibility for their environment, by ensuring proper waste disposal. Mr Odumboni, who was represented by LAWMA’s Executive Director, Finance, Mr Kunle Adebiyi, made this call on Tuesday […]
Says cart pushers constitute security challenges The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has destroyed more than 400 carts, confiscated from pushers, who serially dump waste at unauthorised locations across the city, in clear violation of environmental laws of the state. Commenting on the exercise which took place at LAWMA’s Ogudu […]
A Lagos mobile court at Bolade Oshodi, headed by magistrate T. O. Fashina, has jailed for three months (3-months) a 32-year-old environmental offender, Abubakar Sanni, who posed under the guise of cart pushing, to vandalise and steal iron rods at Karim Kotun area of Victoria Island, Lagos. The Managing Director/CEO […]