Have you ever passed by Ojota going towards Maryland in Lagos? Then you would have noticed the Olusosun dumpsite that stinks to the high heavens.

The news is that Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) said yesterday that it would soon turn the Olusosun dumpsite in Ojota into a golf course.

Tagged as Nigeria’s most popular refuse dump, Olusosun has been a subject of foreign documentaries in the past because of the many activities of scavengers at the site.

The managing director of LAWMA, Mr Ola Oresanya, said the golf course project would come under the agency’s second 10-year-rolling plan.

“In the rolling plan, we are focusing downstream and our downstream is at the disposal sites. Our landfills development is a real focus, we already sign contract for development of our state of the heart landfills sites at Epe and Badagry. And those landfill sites are the real focus for the next rolling plan and a site also will be located in Ogun state. That is around Mowe/Ibafo area that we took over. Then we will close down the Olusosun dumpsite completely and turn it into golf course. We will continue to build transfer stations and material recovery plants in Lagos”.

“Those are parts of the ten year rolling plan and we will increase our waste conversion to almost 70 per cent to 80 per cent of the wastes we generate in Lagos. The wastes will now be converted to something very useful within that ten years rolling plan. Then, we want to make sure that we get the economics of waste management very well and the economics must be perfect within the next ten year. So those are the key ingredients of those plans.’’

OrlandoOwoh:
Good move. The stench there makes me feel that that part of Lagos State should be the place called Itaolobun. The stench there is so high that when coming from Ibadan, Mowe-Ibafo or Berger, you start perceiving it from 7UP Bus Stop. When coming from Third Mainland Bridge, Gbagada or Ogudu, when you get to The Apostolic Church Head Quarters, you start perceiving it.

Redoil:
Tinubu should turn it into his personal property.

romzyxy:
I v seen dix news b4. in one popular blogger site. u knw her na. bt it was 3 dayx bck.

Samchelsea:
Golf course?.....one bad swing and it will land on those residential buildings in Mende Maryland

Samchelsea:
Golf course?.....one bad swing and it will land on those residential buildings in Mende Maryland

Redoil:
Tinubu should turn it into his personal property.

GboGboAye:


So in what way have you contributed to this conversation?

romzyxy:
I v seen dix news b4. in one popular blogger site. u knw her na. bt it was 3 dayx bck.

jesuslovesme123:


What is the meaning of dix and dayx? I suggest you improve your communication skills - you will need them for getting good jobs.