By Our reporter 29.8.2026
Lagos State deputy governor Obafemi Hamzat has re-emphasised the need for citizens to practice responsible disposal of refuse and avoid blocking of drainages, which often leads to flooding.
Mr. Hamzat made the charge Saturday while leading the way in the August environmental sanitation exercise in Festac, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area. He said the government will deploy 220 additional trucks to strengthen waste evacuation across the state.
“A lot of people are coming to Lagos, and therefore they generate waste. So, part of what you can see that we are doing is that we are getting many more trucks to actually go and evacuate.
“We cannot be a people without a healthy environment. It doesn’t matter what we do, a cleaner environment is what makes a city or a state sustainable,” he said.
According to the deputy governor, the additional trucks are necessary to cope with the increasing volume of refuse generated as the state’s population continues to grow.
“The state government will be bringing in another 220 trucks to make sure that we supplement our PSP. What we need our people to also do is to make sure that they patronise their PSP, not the cart pushers, because they are not organised. You don’t know where the waste is ending up,” Hamzat said.
Lagos State commissioner for environment and water resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said waste management had improved following the introduction of 24-hour emergency response teams and efforts to address challenges at landfills and dumpsites.
Hamzat and other government officials at Festac residents for environmental sanitation.