LAWMA MD, ODUMBONI LEADS CLEAN-UP ADVOCACY TO EPE, URGES RESIDENTS TO COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. | Shakiru Seidu. …As Council Chairman, Princess Surah Animashaun admonishes residents to reciprocate LAWMA’s gesture.
MD/CEO, LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni addressing stakeholders during a Special Clean-Up Exercise held on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at Epe Local Government.
The Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, has led a clean-up advocacy to Epe Local government, expressing displeasure at the poor waste disposal habit of the people, as well as their poor response to payment of waste.
He therefore charged residents and shop owners in Epe Local Government to take responsibility for their wastes, by patronizing the assigned PSP operators, and to pay their waste bills promptly.
In her eloquent remarks, the Chairman, Epe Local Government, Hon. Princess Surah Olayemi Animashaun, appreciated the presence of Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, to Epe, promising to work closely with the Agency, by mobilizing residents to pay their waste bills and properly dispose their waste.
She said this at the council secretariat, Ita Marun, when the Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, took LAWMA’s community clean-up campaign to Epe.
L-R: Rep. of Oloja of Epe, The Agbon of Epe Land, High Chief Yesiru Dade; MD/CEO, LAWMA, Dr Ibrahim Odumboni; Chairman, Epe Local Government, Princess Surah Olayemi Animashaun; Rep. of Olu of Epe, Chief Quadri Ojiga Ogboro with the Chief Technical Officer, LAWMA, Dr Olorunwa Tijani, during a Special Clean-Up Exercise in Epe.
Princess Animashaun commended the efforts of the agency and admonished residents to reciprocate LAWMA’s gesture by putting up an environment-friendly habit.
Also speaking, High Chief Agbon, who represented the Oloja of Epe, HRH Oba Kamorudeen Ishola Animashaun, lauded the effort of LAWMA but solicited for recruitment of more personnel to expand the existing workforce, as well as improved pay package to boost their morale.
Similarly, Chief Quadri Ojiga Ogboro who represented the Olu Epe, HRH Sheffield Olatunji Adewale saluted the determination of LAWMA’s managing director, to make Epe one of the cleanest cities in the state.
Alhaji Ogundipe Akewushola, Vice-Chairman of the Community Development Committee in Epe, chronicled the operations of LAWMA in the town since the 80s and expressed deep appreciation of its performance so far.
In the same vein, the LAWMA boss promised to turn around waste management in the Epe Campus of the Lagos State University, as he solicited their collaboration to develop LAWMA Academy.
In attendance were the Chief Technical Officer of LAWMA, Dr. Olorunwa Tijani; AGM Admin, Mr. Taoreed Dosumu; AGM East 2 Operations, Mrs. Bola Adewumi and others.
