Lagos State officials reopened the Igando dumpsite on Wednesday as part of an emergency drive to ease mounting waste‑collection problems in the Lagos West Senatorial District, the state’s largest geographical zone.
Environment and Water Resources Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab told reporters that the revived facility is expected to handle at least 100 waste‑truck trips each day. He said the move complements plans to commission additional disposal sites in Badagry and Epe, while the Olusosun dumpsite will continue to serve the eastern part of the metropolis.
"If this place achieves what we intend to achieve with it, it shows this address can have at least 100 trucks a day coming to discharge," Wahab said, urging private‑sector participation (PSP) operators to honour the service they are paid to provide.
Dr Olugbenga Adebola, national president of the Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAMN), said the reopening will markedly improve collection across the Alimosho axis. He recalled that, until recently, operators were forced to haul waste over 120 kilometres to Sagamu outside Lagos, a costly and inefficient practice.
"Some months ago, operators had to travel to Sagamu to dump waste. That is over 120 kilometres outside Lagos," Adebola explained, noting that AWAMN’s fleet of nearly 700 trucks will now have a functional disposal point to serve the area.
Adebola also appealed for the rehabilitation of three other proposed sites in Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry, adding that the state’s provision of bulldozers and other equipment at Igando is welcome but that waste‑disposal challenges may persist in Ikorodu, where its dump has remained closed since mid‑September.
<small>Source: Daily Post Nigeria — read the original story there.</small>
