LAWMA terminates licences of six waste operators in Lagos

The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has withdrawn the operating licences of six Private Sector Participation, PSP, operators over concerns about their inability to provide effective waste collection services in their assigned areas.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, disclosed this on Tuesday during a management briefing at the Authority’s headquarters in Ijora-Olopa.
Gbadegesin said the decision was part of efforts to strengthen the PSP waste collection system and ensure that operators responsible for serving communities have the capacity to meet the waste management needs of residents.
“Our responsibility is to ensure that ev...