The Lagos Waste Administration Authority (LAWMA) has organised a sensitization workshop, for merchants at its headquarters, Ijora-Olopa, throughout which it admonished markets within the state to take cost of the waste generated by them .
Themed “Hygienic Setting, Duty of All”, the workshop was attended by over 200 representatives of varied markets positioned within the Lagos central district.
In his opening remarks, the Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, represented by the pinnacle of Market Waste Companies, Mrs. Aderonke Apena, famous that sustaining a clear and hygienic surroundings was a major accountability of the assorted markets.
He mentioned, “A hygienic surroundings affords quite a few advantages, primarily by decreasing the danger of sickness and an infection, whereas additionally enhancing general well being and well-being. This features a cleaner bodily house, lowered stress and nervousness, and enhanced productiveness. This provides us safety from water-borne ailments, different infections, and air pollution. Subsequently, all fingers should be on deck to attain a sustainable and wholesome surroundings.”
“It begins from our properties. We’re a mirrored image of what we do in our varied properties. I’ll enjoin you to concentrate to the message of in the present day’s workshop and apply it, each in your properties and your enterprise locations. Sustaining hygiene in a market place is essential. If a market is unhygienic, each the customer and vendor are at well being threat. Allow us to all take correct accountability of the environment”, he confused.
Gbadegesin famous that the sensitisation workshop was premised on the Themes Plus agenda, the place well being and surroundings had been positioned facet by facet, stressing that failure to take care of correct hygiene in market locations would have attendant damaging penalties on public well being and the surroundings .
In response to him, “A market is a spot the place so many individuals go to each day, making it a veritable place for transmitting ailments, if correct sanitation is just not carried out. A market ought to all the time be in a clear state. Subsequently, it will be significant for market customers to take waste administration within the markets severely, to keep away from epidemics within the society “.
Talking additional on the function of merchants in the direction of guaranteeing correct hygiene within the markets, the LAWMA boss highlighted that correct waste containerisation must be prioritised, by bagging and separation of waste.
He noticed that “Commingling of waste is unhygienic and improper. Waste emanating from the markets are of various varieties. There are meals waste, animal waste, agricultural waste, recyclables and so forth. All this waste must be correctly bagged to keep away from littering. We now have held a sequence of conferences with management of markets on patronage of solely LAWMA assigned PSP operators. It’s unlawful to patronise cart pushers.
He warned that LAWMA personnel had been assigned to all markets throughout the state, to make sure immediate cost for waste companies, including that it was vital for markets to get bin keepers, to watch and arrest unlawful waste carriers who pollute the market surroundings.
On the current closure of some markets for indiscriminate waste disposal, Gbadegesin famous that authorities didn’t take enjoyment of shutting down markets, urging the merchants to handle waste responsibly to forestall such measures.
Commenting on the advantage of the workshop, A dealer from Folashade Tinubu Ojo Market, Suru Alaba, Mr. Lukman Ajadi, counseled the Authority for organising the sensitisation workshop , including that he had learnt quite a bit about correct waste separation and the advantages of recycling.
One other participant from Alayabiagba Market, Mrs. Chioma Kenneth, famous that the workshop was educative, urging the Authority to accentuate evening surveillance to apprehend suspected touts who engaged in unlawful waste dumping within the markets.
For inquiries, complaints, or additional updates, please contact LAWMA by the toll-free numbers: 080000LAWMA (08000052962), 07080601020, and 617, or go to www.lawma.gov.ng.
Kadiri, Folashade (Mrs.)
Director, Public Affairs
