By Olasunkomi Akoni

Lagos-The Lagos  State Government, through its Waste Management Authority, LAWMA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with a franchisee and a private sector  operator on the recycling of electronic waste in the state.

The recycling initiative, which is in partnership with D Nigeria Limited, aims to tackle the recent menace of e-waste dumping across the country.

According to Managing Director of LAWMA, Mr. Ola Oresanya, when the initiative finally kicks off, all e-waste deposit would be reversed to wealth generation.

D Nigeria Ltd is to recover, evacuate, store, recycle and export e-waste in the state while LAWMA is saddled with provision of legal and infrastructural support.

Meanwhile, as part of its commitment to human capital development on street sweeping, LAWMA organised a day training workshop for 300 street sweepers to be carried out in two batches.

The first batch of supervisors, weekend, went through intensive training held at the City Hall, Lagos Island.
18 outstanding supervisors at the end of the training will be sponsored to a two-week exchange programme in United Kingdom for further training on litter control.