Lagos replaces head of waste agency LAWMA, Muyiwa Gbadegesin
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has replaced the head of the waste agency LAWMA, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, with Olajuwon Akinyemi in an acting capacity, after months of complaints about piled-up rubbish. Officers on grade levels 13 to 17 will be redeployed elsewhere in the civil service, according to Daily Post, while Information Commissioner Gbenga Omotosho confirmed the appointment to Punch.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has replaced Muyiwa Gbadegesin as head of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), the agency in charge of waste management in the state. Olajuwon Akinyemi has been appointed acting managing director and was due to take up his duties immediately, according to Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy Gbenga Omotosho, cited by The PUNCH on Tuesday.
The change is part of a broader reorganisation of LAWMA’s leadership and operations. Officers on grade levels 13 to 17 are to be redeployed to the state civil service, local governments and local council development areas, according to The PUNCH, while the legal department is exempt so as not to disrupt ongoing court proceedings and concession agreements.
The heads of landfill operations, LAWMA operations and private sector participation activities are also exempt from redeployment for 90 days, to allow the new management to stabilise the agency and keep waste collection going. The change comes as waste piles up in several parts of Lagos, including along roads, in residential streets and in drainage channels, despite the state of emergency in the sector previously declared by Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The PUNCH had previously reported that Babajide Sanwo-Olu had asked Muyiwa Gbadegesin to resign following complaints about waste collection.
