A supervisor with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, Olamide Suleiman, recently made a video on the plight of Lagos street sweepers, who were not paid salaries for two months. He tells SAM...
A supervisor with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, Olamide Suleiman, recently made a video on the plight of Lagos street sweepers, who were not paid salaries for two months. He tells SAMSON FOLARIN how his life came under threat after the video went viralI am Olamide Toheeb Suleiman, a LAWMA supervisor. I was born in Lagos and I am 26 years old. I did not complete my secondary school because of some personal challenges, which also affected the relationship between my mum and dad.
When Ambode was denied a return ticket, I joined the Babajide Sanwo-Olu campaign team. That was when I met a woman, Wuraola Williams, aka Iron Lady, who was in charge of the Sanwo-Olu Babes . Late last year, I went to meet her after I learnt that she was a contractor with LAWMA. I told her to assist me with a job. That was how I became a LAWMA supervisor in December 2019.I did not know that the video would go viral. As a background, we always receive our salaries as and when due.
The next day, I went to work and tried to calm my co-workers. That day, something strange happened to me. I collapsed and started gasping for breath because of my asthma. They checked my pocket and found an empty inhaler. The hungry street sweepers contributed money, went to a pharmacy and bought an inhaler for me. Everybody was crying. When I got home, I thought I had to take drastic steps to get our salaries paid.
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