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LAWMA Committed To Cleaner Waterways For Safe Transportation – Gbadegesin

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The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that waterways in the state were cleaner for safe water transportation.

Its Managing Director, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, stated this while receiving a fleet of six boats, donated by Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA), to support the operations of the marine waste unit of the Authority, as part of the group’s “Waterways Clean-up Project.”

Gbadegesin said the marine waste unit of LAWMA since establishment, had been working hard to ensure that shorelines and waterways in the state, were free of waste and water hyacinth, and to prevent indiscriminate dumping of refuse by members of the public.

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He said: “We’re totally committed to protecting the aquatic splendor of Lagos State by sustaining refuse/litter-free shorelines, through effective waste collection and policing while providing economic activities for riverine dwellers, by gainfully engaging them in marine waste collection and policing activities.”

The LAWMA CEO stressed the importance of collaboration with various stakeholders in the state, to promote a cleaner and healthier environment, adding that the goal of the Authority, was to have sparkling clean waterways in the state, with plans in place to devise means of recycling water hyacinth retrieved during marine waste operations.

In her goodwill message, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Mrs. Aderonke Odeneye, represented by Mrs. Collins Oluyomi, said the collaboration came at the right time, as it would further strengthen the state government’s effort at establishing environmental sustainability, especially through the Blue Box initiative.




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