On my way to work this morning, a truck belonging to the Lagos State Waste Management Authority was directly in front of my car and i saw inside the truck young and amiable men who work day and night to make our state a pride to all, but what really baffles me is when a friend said they are paid little or nothing for all this effort, the take home don't even take them home.

Is so unfortunate that those we ought to appreciate are those we neglect. I as a person can not do that job but i appreciate and will do all in my power to encourage any body who takes aside shame and do the job

Nairalanders please when next you see LAWMA officials on the high ways on even on the streets, please try to encourage them with a smile if that is all you can afford, and if you see them stranded most especially on the 3rd Mainland bridge please help them to the next bus stop if you have a car, i do that often and i know they don't stink.

true word, ! i will do just that if i drive close to them even though na N200 each dem go get

@poster
True talk, menial workers should be well appreciated, afterall many of them are graduates. In saner countries, handsome reward is the fruit of hard and conscientious work.

sadly, Nigerians do not have that dignity in labour culture. Actually, i know one dude that hit one of them around 4am with his car while DRUNK. The girl later got her leg amputated. What happened to the dude? Nothing, he only paid her hospital bills and gave her some change to buy provisions. may God deliver us from our current system.

Sadly speaking, i feel for dem always. its only here that i observe that _{THE REWARD FOR HARDWORK IS MORE WORK}. Anyway, i have always been kind to dem.May God help us

Considering the risky nature of this job,I think they should be carrying out their duty much earlier before the road gets busy.
I for one appreciates them and hope the government can at least increase their pay to make the job envy for many.

May,

May the Lord continue to bless you for this post it shows you are a person with a good heart. Many of us may see it and ove look it, for the fact that you pointed this out, you will never lack in your life and God will coninue to pure on you blessings.

Thanks for bring this to our notice, and i am sure a lot of us here will do just that.

God blese u.

Its good to encourage them. They woke me from sleep this morning just to carry the trash in my house. they need our support.

GUDMORNING,

I BELEIEVE EVERYTHING CALLED WORK IS A WORK, WE SHOULDN'T LOOK DOWN ON ANY JOB, AS LONG AS ALL WORKS PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.



KING

we often fail to appreciate even the most obvious. Job na job, as long it is legal, they should be given some credit for the work they do!!! they are trying, !

I saw a bunch of them in Ikoyi this morning all women, one of them was scalling up the side of the truck, i was just thinking of any of the girls i know can do that kind of job.

They are really doing well.

they choose the work, so it must fullfill their desires.
as for their work nature, they are doing a work work just that most times, they create
avenue for people to default so as to extort the road users if they default.

sly-k:

they choose the work, so it must fullfill their desires.

Are u a nigerian? just in the off-chance that you're not i'll tell you a Nigerian truth:

IN NIGERIA, YOUR JOB OFTEN CHOOSES YOU

I have been thinking about this for a very long time, I now realise that i am not alone. These people should not just be appreciated, they must also be honoured by giving the M.O.N. awards instead of giving it to our senators who know nothing but looting our treasury and also get awards for it.

carmelily:

Are u a nigerian? just in the off-chance that you're not i'll tell you a Nigerian truth:

IN NIGERIA, YOUR JOB OFTEN CHOOSES YOU

Yes o, my sister. You got this one right. None of those people set out to do the job they are doing. I can bet my next months salary on that. However, due to the hardship in the country, na wetin your hand see to do, na im you go do to earn small money.

However, i really think these guys should be appreciated. A smile, handshake, small reward (N200 - N500 for them to buy 'coke') is not our of order.

Thye are doing very well, maintaining this dirty lagos roads.

Salaries i don't know should be improved.

Also a message should be sent to them all to be weary and careful on there postioning during work on high ways, beac

Intrigue of the Dilemma:

Their jobs is just like the so called "Factory workers" that after huge labour still get their Hands chopped off by the same Machine that fee them*

So, wat are we talking HERE?

I agree with you all. It's such a pity that the government won't compensate them properly. How much is the salary, by the way?

They are trying, I have to say. They seemed to be everywhere when I was in Nigeria in may. They might need a submarine though to carry Lagos trash but I am sure that if they do not do what they are doing now, people in Lagos will be walking through dirt to get to their front yard

mactao:

I agree with you all. It's such a pity that the government won't compensate them properly. How much is the salary, by the way?

peanuts as usual!

they deserve more!!

This is a very good post. lets make sure that our appreciation of LAWMA workers or sanitary agents just dont end on the pages of nairaland.

if you still eat inside bus and throw refuse out onto the streets or just litter the street without conscious,
then you really have not stared the appreciation. I stopped doing this long ago and i even educate people inside bus not to throw out of bus or any other place.

there was a time we had to dispose our sewage and our neighbours were saying N25,000 was too much for the job. i had to make case and raise the price to N30,000 because i knew the work was more than N25000.

I really think that this post has been the greatest post i ever seen on Nairalanders.

Bravo to my learned friend who was thoughtfull enough to do this posting.

They(Lawma) workers are really contributing to the good of this nation.
They are HEROES and HEROINES that deserve national awards.

But in NIgeria, only the corrupts compesates their co-assailants with national awards for corruption.
They dont appreciate those who deserves it.

To those of us who knows the truth about the great contribution of the Lawma staff, we should keep
appreciating them in anyway fitting for them.

However, our cooperation by desisting from indiscriminate dumping of refuse should do better appreciation.

I am not a politician. But i really want to say that the sanitation drive by Lagos govt. is commendable.
The Lawma staffers are more commendable for giving in no small measures to add value to the state.
I plead that we nairalanders should add value by educating others on the need to stop all forms of
indiscriminate dumping of refuse.

To say the truth, Lagos state Govt. has vision that could make this city better for us.
However, the vision can not be achieved without our cooperation.

Those who critisize the enviromental policies of this state are part of the people who litters the
roads and streets. They are the same who blocks drainages with refuses and keep shouting
govt. this govt. that.

Please, We need better environment. So, let us cooperate with all stakeholders(lawma, govt.)
to make Lagos more habitable.

I think they should definitely receive more pay.

In western countries, most times the waste management employees have a very good salary scale. The job is an essential but demanding one.

if you pay monkey salary, you get monkey job done.

we expect lagos to be clean and yet we treat them like scum.

Good Luck

I recently went to Nigeria I must say that the LAWMA officials are doing a great job in trying to keep the streets of Lagos clean. The government should pay them them some decent salary but Im quite sure that they are just paid peanuts for the the tedious work they do, while these useless politicans we have are using the countrys money to send their girlfriends on holiday abroad. May the wrath of God fall on all these useless politians!!! [color=#990000][/color]

they are doing so well, and they need to be commended.

like a prev poster said, let this commendation not remain on the walls of Nairaland.

P.S i saw a female driving one of the trucks recently and was i tripped!