The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Tuesday assured residents of prompt evacuation of wastes generated by them during the ongoing Eid-el-Kabir.
Mr Muyiwa Adejokun, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the authority, gave the assurance while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Adejokun said officials of the authority had been directed to work throughout the two-day holiday declared by the Federal Government to mark the ceremony.
“We in LAWMA have put in place logistics to ensure a waste-free celebration.
“Our men with their trucks have been directed to operate on a 12-hour basis, as well as go on a round-tripping that is doubling their trips on waste evacuation.
“This arrangement will help to reduce any form of delays or excuses for non-evacuation of wastes.
“Our various supervisors are also on duty to ensure prompt picking of refuse generated from different parts of the state.
“They will also ensure that our environment is kept clean before the resumption of work,’’ he said.
He also disclosed that free waste bags were distributed to the various private sector participation (PSP) operators and mosques before the celebration.
Adejokun said the bags were for proper bagging of refuse and easy pickup by the waste managers.
“We expect that wastes generated should be properly bagged or containerised,’’ he said.
On the wastes, the CEO warned residents, especially, Moslems that slaughtered rams and organised parties, to desist from indiscriminate dumping of their wastes in water channels.
He said such unwholesome disposal of wastes could lead to heavy flooding in the state during downpour.
He frowned at the unhygienic ways some of the animals were being reared by their owners as well as the unhygienic ways their wastes were being disposed off after slaughtering.
Adejokun urged residents to embrace the waste management policy of the state government during the celebration by patronising LAWMA and PSP operators for the disposal of their wastes.
He warned them against patronising cart pushers.
“If anyone notices erring PSP operator, please call us on our toll free lines; 5577, 070, 806, 01020.
“Someone will be on duty to pick the calls and we will react to them promptly as long as it has to do with waste collection,” Adejokun said. (NAN)