Lagos to Promote Environmental Sustainability with Passage of Law
Ugo Aliogo
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has expressed the desire of his administration to achieve full environmental sustainability with passage of the environmental management and protection law as the enabling legal instrument.
Ambode who disclosed this yesterday in Lagos at a media workshop organised by the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI) of the state Ministry of Environment and Visionscape, noted that the environment sector is one of the three focal sectors critical to the actualisation of the policy thrust of the administration.
He also stated that the best way to sustain the environment is through the CLI waste management reform which is focused at seeking private investment from national and international players in the waste management sector, infuse more efficiency, improve living standard and secure a cleaner state.
Ambode who represented at the event by the Commissioner of Environment, Dr.Samuel Adejare, explained that the media is a critical stakeholder in fulfilling the inclusive governance stance of the administration, noting that this was driven through the provision of information to the citizenry and sharing of ideas on how to sustainably relate with the environment in a way that would be beneficial to the public.
In her remarks, the Environmental Product and Services Development Manager Visionscape, Maimuna Maibe, said the group in partnership with the state government would be involved in waste containment, provision of bins to residents, transportation, collection and waste disposal, adding that they are focusing on the entire waste collection management value chain.
She also stated that they are also committed in creating value out of the waste they collected instead of focusing on disposal at landfill sight.
Maibe further stated that there are three concession facilities which they have taken over and they are based in Agege, Oshodi and Takpa in Lagos Island, stressing that the three locations provide a stop gap for their operations, which would allow all trucks, tricycles and loading containers to dump at the transfer stations.