Apapa LG Commences Evacuation Of Refuse Along Port Access Roads

The Apapa Local Government  said it has commenced the evacuation of refuse from the  access roads linking the two seaports in Lagos.

The media was awash last week , when pictures of refuse dump littered the port access roads resurfaced

Chairman of the  Apapa Local Government, Mr Owolabi Adele, stated that the council in conjunction with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), had started clearing the refuse within the ports and the entire Apapa area.

Adele said that the clearance commenced on Friday, Sept. 20, saying that almost 90 per cent of the refuse had been removed.

According to him  , some of the trucks parked along the port access road  usually give the council nightmare pointing out , the compactor often finds it difficult to access the refuse.

“This is as a result of indiscriminate parking of trucks around Apapa metropolis,” Adele said.

The chairman maintained that” this is slowing the clearing; in fact, the council has been settling quarrels between LAWMA officials and the truck drivers.

“The council will be doing more of enlightenment with the new initiative by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the Blue Box initiative of recycling waste.

“There have been mass production of the blue boxes that will be distributed to the respective local governments in the state,” the local government boss said.

Adele also noted that stakeholders had supported the council to enforce the law on environmental sanitation to reduce indiscriminate dumping of refuse to the barest minimum.

He, however, urged stakeholders as well as Apapa residents to imbibe the habit of cleanliness for a healthy Lagos.