Eid- el- Fitr: Make clean environment a habit, LAWMA boss appeals to residents

AHEAD of this year's Eid- el Fitr celebration, the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Lagos Waste Management Authority ( LAWMA), Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has urged Lagos residents to make clean environment a permanent habit.

He congratulated the Muslim faithful for successfully completing the Ramadan fast, leading to this year's Eidel- Fitri celebration.

Gbadegesin , in a statement, signed by the agency's Director, Public Affairs, Mrs Kadiri Folashade noted that personal hygiene and environmental cleanliness formed integral teachings of Islam, that should become permanent features of our daily living beyond the Ramadan period.

He said: "Islam teaches cleanliness at the personal level, at home and the environment.

Islam abhors filth and dirtiness anywhere around us. I appeal that we make this great teaching a permanent feature of our daily lives and living. Whatever we put into the environment is what it will give back. Therefore, let us maintain good hygiene at the domestic front as well as the larger environment, all for our own good." While wishing them happy celebrations, he urged them to shun reckless waste disposal at street corners, road medians, sidewalks, black spots and other unauthorised locations, warning that LAWMA enforcement personnel had been mobilised, to apprehend defaulters for immediate prosecution.

The LAWMA boss assured that Private Sector Participation ( PSP) operators would continue to work optimally, while the agency would provide backup services in areas that require such.