The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has criticised the Lagos State Government’s waste management system. He recently had his say during the Lagos governorship debate in Lagos on Friday organised by the Nigeria Debate Consortium comprising Vanguard, Channels Television, TVC News, The PUNCH and TheCable.
Describing it as inefficient and in need of urgent reform, GRV argued that waste management in Lagos was too centralised, with local governments having little or no involvement in the system.
Stressing that the state has failed to develop a waste-to-wealth value chain, Rhodes-Vivour added that the overreliance on a system focused largely on collecting and dumping refuse must stop.
His words, “The management of the system is too centralised. Local governments are not involved. We have failed to create a waste-to-wealth value chain. We don’t have a proper waste management system; we have a waste-pick-and-dump system.
Under my government, that will change. We will get local governments involved. We will create value from waste, so that people, local governments and the state government can all benefit.”
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