PHOTOS: LAWMA Clamps Down On Cart Pushers

LAWMA Environmental taskforce led by the acting MD/CEO., Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, visited different locations in Bariga and Shomolu today, to dislodge ‘cart-pushers’ whose activities have given rise to indicriminate dumping waste in the state.

In a statement released to the media on Saturday, the Authority said it had stepped up efforts to make Lagos cleaner and livable for all, by introducing novel waste management programs in the state, as well as supporting PSP operators to discharge their primary duties effectively.

LAWMA Environmental taskforce led by the acting MD/CEO., Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, visited different locations in Bariga and Shomolu today, to dislodge ‘cart-pushers’ whose activities have given rise to indicriminate dumping waste in the state.

The Authority, however, pointed out that the efforts to protect the environment was being hampered by the activities of cart pushers who engaged in the flagrant acts of indiscriminate waste disposal in such places as canals, road medians, undeveloped properties, etc.

LAWMA Environmental taskforce led by the acting MD/CEO., Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, visited different locations in Bariga and Shomolu today, to dislodge ‘cart-pushers’ whose activities have given rise to indicriminate dumping waste in the state.

“We cannot fold our hands and watch few unscrupulous elements jeopardize efforts of the State to make the Lagos metropolis cleaner, healthier and livable for all. To this effect all forms of cart pushing remains banned and anyone caught contravening the Environmental Laws of the State will face the full wrath of the law”, the statement read.

LAWMA Environmental taskforce led by the acting MD/CEO., Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, visited different locations in Bariga and Shomolu today, to dislodge ‘cart-pushers’ whose activities have given rise to indicriminate dumping waste in the state.

In the same vein, the Authority appealed to residents to imbibe the culture of bagging their wastes and giving them to their assigned PSP operators instead of patronizing cart-pushers or dumping them on the roads and other unauthorized locations.