Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, the CEO of Wecyclers, has been appointed as the new General Manager of the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK), she is tasked with duty of making Lagos greener and healthier through the creation and maintenance of functional and operational parks and gardens, planting and maintenance of trees.
In 2012, Bilikiss co-founded Wecyclers, a company which offers household recycling service using a fleet of low-cost cargo bikes.
Mrs. Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, a young environmentalist, and entrepreneur, was educated at Fisk University USA, Vanderbilt University and the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
In a statement by the state government, “Abiola is coming to the saddle with a remarkable private sector experience and a passion for the environment, particularly in the waste recycling sector where she co-founded “WeCyclers”, a waste recycling company in consonance with the waste to wealth initiative of the State Government.”
In her own words “I am very excited to get to work leading LASPARK and contributing to the Cleaner Lagos Initiative. One of the things that has struck me since I started this new assignment is just how beautiful Lagos is! With the support of my team at LASPARK and the Lagos State Government, my family, the Wecyclers team and residents of Lagos State, I believe we can make a mark. I look forward to your support and I hope you will meet me at the park”.
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