The clean-up exercise, which was in collaboration with Sterling One Foundation and Giving Beach Clean-up, took place on March 27, 2021.
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Stakeholders in the environment sector in Lagos State on Thursday lauded the state House of Assembly for proposing an amendment to the Environmental law to empower the Lagos State Waste Management Authority.
Scores of street sweepers under the “Cleaner Lagos Initiative” of the Lagos State Government on Wednesday protested their delayed salaries and merger with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority.
Adebola Shabi, the Special Adviser Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Cleaner Lagos Initiative, on Friday said the aim of the initiative was to reduce waste pollution in the state.
Shabi said this on Thursday at a scientific conference organised by the Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos.
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Kehinde Bamigbetan, in a statement said the Government had already commenced the maintenance of all primary, secondary and tertiary drainage channels under the Cleaner Lagos Initiative.
There have also been reported cases of bins provided by Visionscape being overturned in some areas in Lagos
Thick black smoke could be seen far from the site, located near the old Lagos Toll Gate
Adebola Shabi, the Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Cleaner Lagos Initiative, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
The aggrieved group, in a statement by its Chairman, Oladipo Egbeyemi, had distanced itself from the agreement to work with the State Government to rid the State of filth adorning major streets and highways, describing the resolution as misleading and untrue
The CLI, which is a new waste management policy of the State Government, was established to address, enforce and regulate the challenges in the solid waste management systems within the State in line with global best practices
An upbeat official of the company said arrangements have been firmed up to ensure periodic and regular delivery of the remaining facilities, which will enable Visionscape to support the Lagos State Government in its pledge to give Lagosians a cleaner and healthier environment.
The wastes managers, under The Incorporated Trustees of Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria, had dragged the Lagos State Government to court over a new initiative that would have seen them thrown out of business
He said the initiative would not only change the solid waste management system in the State, but would also engender a sustainable, cleaner and healthier environment for Lagosians, just as he assured that the people would be better for it.
Speaking at the soft launch of the CLI held at the Agege Stadium, Governor Ambode said the initiative was an enduring solution carefully designed to address the shortcomings in the management of the environment, as well as accelerate seamless cleaning of the State.
Governor Ambode, who spoke shortly after signing the Environmental Management and Protection Bill into law at the Lagos House in Ikeja, said his administration, on assumption of office, saw the need to address the gap in the sanitation of residents and the State
This is coming on the back of media reports that the operators instituted a suit against some ministries and agencies within the state government, urging the court to uphold and protect their existing rights