Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) Academy interns, the 34th set, also known as Team Eco Resilience yesterday sensitised residents of Otto Community on Lagos Mainland on the need to imbibe proper waste management in continuation of the advocacy campaign recently kicked off by the Lagos State government.
The managing director, chief executive officer of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, represented by the Executive Director, Mr. Kunle Adebiyi, in his speech at the event told residents to make personal hygiene and proper waste management a way of life.
He said the task of ensuring a clean environment was not LAWMA’s alone, but a collective responsibility, adding that residents should get covered bins for disposal of their waste, to avoid the spread of diseases.
Gbadegesin also invited interested youths in Otto community to register as interns at LAWMA Academy, noting that, “When graduate youths from the community register as interns, they can spread awareness about what they have learned. Various opportunities now exist in waste management. To benefit, we must open our eyes to the possibilities around us.”
In his response, the CDA chairman of Otto community and CDC chairman of Lagos Mainland Local Government, Saloko Muiz Babatunde, implored residents in the area, to join the weekly clean-up exercise, to be organised by the community, warning that those who failed to join would be sanctioned.
Representative of the Oloto of Otto Community, Prince Fuhad Oloto, and Oloto’s chief of staff, Honourable Akeem Esuru-osho, pledged support for LAWMA and compliance with environmental regulations.
In a related development, traders of United Amu Market have taken it upon themselves to clean up their business premises, in response to last Sunday’s sanitation awareness effort at Alamutu Market, Idi-Oro, by officials of the Lagos State government.
Reacting to this, Gbadegesin, commended the traders for their sense of responsibility towards their environment, urging other markets in the state to take a cue from that, and observe proper sanitation and hygiene around their business facilities.
“Achieving a clean and livable city of our dreams requires everyone to play their own part, we cannot afford to watch the beauty of the state erode due to indiscriminate refuse dumping and nonchalant attitude. The environment is ours to cherish and preserve. Let’s keep Lagos clean”, he said.
