(Lagos)
The Managing Director, Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni has boosted waste management of the state with 7 LAWMA Ambassadors in a bid to support the authority in advocacy for sorting of waste with a view to aiding recycling.
The ambassadors are: Mr Bolanle Ninolowo, Mrs Foluke Daramola, Mr Olatayo Amokade (Ijebu), Mr Onyebuchi Ojieh (Buchi), Adenike Hamzah and Mr Olawatoyin Bayegun.
At the inauguration of the ambassadors at the authority’s headquarters on Wednesday, Odumboni stressed the need for sorting of waste by households to improve recyclable waste.
“With the inauguration of the LAWMA Ambassadors, in the next few years, we will see LAWMA on a higher pedestal and better positioned to perform its duties to the satisfaction of the state residents.
“We can only achieve remarkable feats with formidable cooperation and support of all stakeholders,” he said.
Odumboni commended the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration for giving priority to waste management and environmental regeneration.
“Upon assumption to office, Gov. Sanwo-Olu listed environment in his THEME Agenda, constituting the central focus of his administration.
“He has lived up to his promise by giving tremendous support for city cleanliness and matters of environmental rebirth.
“LAWMA policing is in full gear to halt the menace of illegal refuse dumping.
“Our men have been deployed to black spots and other locations, notorious for illegal waste dumping,” Odumboni said.
He assured that major enforcement operations would go with mobile courts for instant trial and sanction for violators.
Odumboni said that LAWMA had refocused with full commitment to its core mandate of ensuring excellence in waste management in all the nooks and crannies of the state.
He reiterated that LAWMA had zero tolerance for filth and environmental nuisance, adding that it would stop at nothing to achieve it.
Odumboni said that the ambassadors, who had over 10 millions followers, were thoroughly screened.
He said that the authority believed in their abilities to sell the LAWMA brand, through several professional avenues for excellent result.
Contributing, the Chief Technical Officer of LAWMA, Dr Olohunwa Tijani, said that the occasion would create links between LAWMA and the state residents.
He called on the residents to be conscious of the importance of generating waste in an environmentally-friendly manner.
Tijani, who further urged them to always sort their waste, assured that the authority would improve collaboration with stakeholders, including residents, to enable the state government to achieve its aim of a cleaner Lagos.
Speaking on behalf of the ambassadors, a Nollywood actor, Bolanle Ninolowo, promised that they would ensure attitudinal change of their fans in waste management and thanked the state government for endorsing them to be LAWMA Ambassadors.
