Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria AWAM, the umbrella body of private sector participation otherwise known as PSP in refuse collection in Lagos State, is at loggerhead with a splinter group of the association that calls itself Concerned Waste Collectors in Lagos over disagreement on the state government’s decision to exclude them from collecting domestic waste.

As part of its efforts to protect the environment, help in cutting down on power consumption and saving teeming Nigerian consumers some money on electricity bills, the leading electrical appliances retailer, CoolWorld Retail Store, has introduced a new range of energy saving Haier Thermocool refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners into the Nigeria market.

Former President, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers NIESV, and Chairman, Bode Adediji Partnership, a firm of estate surveyors and valuers, Mr. Oyebode David Adediji, has emerged president of the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, EDM, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

To strengthen the services of elevator, escalator and related construction components in Nigeria and West African construction industry, Eliel Jerahmeal Nigeria Limited, which specialises in marketing, distribution, sales and services of elevator and escalator equipment in the country, has been granted  exclusive right by China’s leading elevator company, Xizi Elevator, first class manufacturers of elevator and escalator equipment to promote construction activities in Nigeria and West Africa respectively at affordable cost.

BSTAN Homes, an Abuja-based real estate development firm, has expressed worry over the huge housing deficit of 35 million in the country coupled with poor mortgage system and high rents. The Managing Director, BSTAN Homes, Bekky Damilola-Oke, who expressed this concern in Abuja last week, said the firm is passionate about assisting government in providing mass housing for Nigerians.