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Indiscriminate Dumping: LAWMA destroyed over 400 carts confiscated from pushers.

Indiscriminate Dumping: LAWMA destroyed over 400 carts confiscated from pushers, who serially dump waste at unauthorized locations across the state, in clear violation of environmental laws of the state 
Lawma impounded over 400 carts at different location within the metropolis over illegal operation & degradation of the environment. The operation which was led by the agency Head of Enforcement, Mr Idowu Sanni.

 Recently the Enforcement unit of lawma commenced a Special Operation, tagged: "zero tolerance for cart pushers" in Lagos.

The HOD Enforcement stressed that the exercise was part of measures to rid the state of filth and indiscriminate refuse dump.



The agency MD/CEO LAWMA also added that it became expedient to clear the operators from the streets following the disturbing growing trend of environmental degradation in some parts of the state which was occasioned by the activities of the cart pushers in a bid to return sanity to the affected areas.


According to him, "While LAWMA resolved that its no longer business as usual, it has 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.

"However, the efforts to protect the environment are being hampered by the activities of cart pushers who engage in the flagrant acts of indiscriminate waste disposal in such places as canals, road medians, undeveloped properties, among others posing danger to the environment. "The menace of cart pushing in some parts of the state has led to the rise of indiscriminate waste disposal, flooding, and exposure of residents to myriads of health hazards.

"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. We are extending the operation to other areas because it's an ongoing exercise that will be sustained.

"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."

He, therefore, appealed to residents to imbibe the culture of bagging their wastes and giving them to the assigned Private Sector Participant, PSP, and operators, rather than patronizing cart- pushers or dumping them on the roads and other unauthorized locations

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