The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has distributed Personal Protective Equipment kits to its sweepers and PSP operators across the State to protect them from infection in the course of their duties.
Speaking at the presentation of the materials at LAWMA Headquarters, Ijora, the Managing Director, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, noted that the move was in compliance with Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s directive that all necessary steps be taken to arrest the further spread of Coronavirus.
Dr Gbadegesin urged the sweepers and PSP operators, being essential duty officers, to work throughout the stay-at-home period to keep the city clean.
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He added that additional measures such as sanitisation and disinfection of LAWMA operational depots, dumpsites, transfer loading stations and waste bins, will be taken to make the environment clean and healthy.
In an exclusive interview with Eko Hot Blog, the Public Relation Officer of Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria, a Waste Management and Environmental Consultant, Mr Olugbenga Adebola expressed his appreciation to LAWMA and the State government for the protective items, promising that they would be put to judicious use.
The items distributed included hand sanitizer, liquid soap, safety goggles, rubber work gloves, and re-useable nose masks among others.
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