In parts of Lagos, once a little breeze blows, residents get ready to dump their refuse in the most unexpected of places - gutters and canals.
Major canals in the state, it is discovered, have been taken over by weeds and refuse, causing difficulties, health problems and flooding for residents and commuters.
Shop owners on the popular Lawanson road berated the PSP operators, saying their services are erratic, forcing residents to dump refuse indiscriminately. A trader who didn’t want her name in print claimed that residents were told last year to put their refuse at their street’s entrance for collection. “People started dumping refuse anyhow and before you knew it, everywhere was overtaken by refuse.
Mrs. Kuburat Salami, is a shop owner in Ikotun market and she said that aside the lack of drainage in the environ, there are too many refuse dump everywhere that disrupt the free flow of water which causes flooding.
Onyelani insisted that they have resumed door to door waste disposal as PSP operators have been mandated by the state government to go from house to house to pick waste at least, weekly. “The PSP is already doing that and LAWMA is backing them up as much as possible because we understand there is a backlog. We know some areas have PSP challenges and we are working assiduously to resolve this by empowering them and ensuring they do their job.
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