Lawma Commence Placement of Abatement Notices on Houses Without Waste

 





The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has set 1st April 2023, as

commencement date for placement of abatement notices on homes without

waste bins across the state, in a move aimed at ensuring proper waste

management and environmental hygiene in Lagos State.


Commenting on the development, Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Ibrahim

Odumboni, noted the importance of waste bins in homes for promoting a

clean and healthy environment, adding that bins provided a designated

space for domestic waste disposal, helping to prevent littering and

indiscriminate dumping of refuse on streets.


He said, "Proper waste management is a key component of maintaining a

clean and healthy environment. Waste bins provide a designated location

for waste disposal, and this helps to prevent the spread of diseases and

maintain a hygienic environment".


He also warned that the enforcement of the use of waste bins by

tenements across the state would begin on 1st June, 2023, stressing

that, the agency has set up a task force responsible for ensuring

compliance in all homes.


"We have set up a task force that will be responsible for enforcing the

use of waste bins across the state. The task force will be working

closely with community leaders, stakeholders and other relevant agencies

to ensure compliance with the policy," he emphasised.


Odumboni urged residents to embrace the use of waste bins and make it a

habit to dispose of their waste in a responsible manner, calling on

landlords and property owners to provide waste bins for their properties

and ensure they are regularly emptied and maintained.


In a related development, LAWMA has organised an orientation programme

for its enforcement and abatement notice teams, on standard rules and

proper conduct while engaging tenements on the issue of procurement of

smart waste bins, for their homes.


The Executive Director of Finance, Kunle Adebiyi, who represented the

MD/CEO of LAWMA, at the event, emphasised the importance of the

authority’s Adopt-a-Bin project, meant to curb waste migration,

indiscriminate dumping, and to enhance waste recycling, while helping to

reduce the amount of waste going to the landfills.


On his own part, LAWMA’s chief technical officer, Dr. Olorunwa Tijani,

who spoke on the topic, “Bin Placement and Evacuation”, advised

tenements to place their waste bins at strategic places to make them

accessible for seamless evacuation by assigned PSP operators.


Dr. Essien Nsuabia, Assistant General Manager, Sustainability and

Partnership, who moderated the training, spoke on “Overview and Policies

on Adopt-a-Bin”, emphasised that the initiative was aimed at ensuring

effective waste containerisation in homes, offices and other facilities.


Akin Alabi of WasteCare Solutions, explained that the smart bins could

be purchased online through the website, www.buylawmabin.com, adding

that deliveries would take three working days, once payment was

confirmed.


Other facilitators at the orientation programme included the head Legal

Services, Uthman Rilwan; the head of LAWMA Academy, Elizabeth Ademola;

the head of Recycling, Jirinsola Okunbanjo, and the head of Corporate

Affairs, Olaniyan Aramide. Senior LAWMA officials were also in

attendance.

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