Got waste piling up on your street? Lagos says help is on the way - and this time, it's 220 trucks strong.

Lagos is stepping up its waste game - big time.

Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat has revealed that the state is set to deploy an additional 220 waste evacuation trucks to keep Lagos clean. And this is coming just two months after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced that 150 compactor trucks were on the way.

Hamzat made the announcement on Saturday while speaking to journalists during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Festac, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area.

According to him, the new trucks will boost the existing Private Sector Participation (PSP) system. Why? Because Lagos is growing, and with more people comes - you guessed it - more waste.

“The state government will be bringing in another 220 trucks to make sure that we supplement our PSP,” Hamzat said. He also had a word for residents: ditch the cart pushers and stick with your approved PSP operators. “They are not organised. You don’t know where the waste is ending up,” he warned.

The Deputy Governor didn’t mince words - Lagos needs everyone on board. From dumping refuse properly to not clogging canals with waste that causes flooding, it’s a collective job.

“We cannot be a people without a healthy environment. It doesn’t matter what we do, a cleaner environment is what makes a city or a state sustainable,” he added.

He also reminded Festac residents that even though the Federal Housing Authority has a role to play in the estate, everyone still has to obey Lagos State’s environmental rules. He praised the council chairman and residents who turned up for the clean-up, saying that kind of community spirit is exactly what Lagos needs.

For his part, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said things are already looking up. He credited 24-hour emergency response teams and extra work at landfills and dumpsites for the improvement.

He added that the government is backing PSP operators more than ever - even stepping into areas where LAWMA wouldn’t normally operate - but residents must also do their bit and pay for the service. Polluter-pays principle, remember?

Wahab also revealed that Lagos is moving away from the old “collect and dump” method to a circular system where waste actually becomes useful again. Material recovery facilities are already springing up in Badagry and Epe, with transfer loading stations at Soluyi and Olusosun.

And about those cart pushers? The government says it’s engaging them, but won’t take decisions that could cause bigger environmental and security headaches. Investigations show some of them dump waste straight into drains and road medians, and there are even concerns linking some to metal theft and other criminal activities.

The message is clear: cleaner Lagos, collective responsibility.

Source: cbinews.tv

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