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The environmental utility group contracted by the Lagos State Government as part of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, says its mission in the state is not to take over the means of livelihood of Private Sector Participation (PSP) operators in waste management.

Visionscape’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr John Irvine, in an interview with newsmen, said contrary to misconceptions, the company was only in Lagos to contribute to the vision to achieve an environmentally sustainable state working with all critical stakeholders.

He said so far, the company has intensified efforts on provision of infrastructure that would assist in proper waste management in line with global best practices, while a deal had been reached with over 300 PSPs now to be known as Waste Collection Operators (WCOs) to collect waste from residential areas across the state.

According to Irvine, “New York for instance has 19 million residents about four million less of Lagos population and New York has between 50 and 60 Transfer Loading Stations. What we are committed to do as part of enhancing our work within the CLI is to build safer, bigger and more concise infrastructure.

“While we are doing that, the WCOs will come back into the system and basically, that is what the agreement is all about. Visionscape is an international company and many WCOs were not happy when we came but like I have said before, we are not here to take anybody’s livelihood or jobs away and the events of the last few days have shown that as a company we want to work with everybody not just our own group of companies.”

He said it was unfortunate that some PSPs refused to be part of the deal, but that it was gratifying that a good number had agreed and have started working to clear the state of filth.

“I think there have been some misconceptions on the deal we have reached on the waste management situation in the state. Over the last few days, my management team has met with each WCO in the clusters and areas they work and work has resumed. All the major stakeholders within the CLI – the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Justice, WCOs are happy but the only issue is that we have taken too long to get here.

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Labour raises minimum wage demand from N56,000

The Organised Labour has presented fresh demand for the new National Minimum Wage for workers to the tripartite committee, using current economic indices as its yardstick.

It said the N56,000 earlier presented was no longer feasible.

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) General Secretary Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, who spoke in an interview in Abuja, said the earlier demand by labour, which was presented two years ago, has been overtaken by the present economic realities.

The NLC scribe said that the fresh demand was submitted at the last meeting of the tripartite committee after an agreement among Labour leaders.

He said: “We have taken a position when we made the initial demand on the government, which is almost two years back. But then when...
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I hope this is not tinubu's company again.

This company is ineffective and dirty. Since they took over from lawma, there's nowhere you get in Lagos that you will not see heap of dirts. I foresee an outbreak of a communicable disease if care is not taken.

babajeje123:
This company is ineffective and dirty. Since they took over from lawma, there's nowhere you get in Lagos that you will not see heap of dirts. I foresee an outbreak of a communicable disease if care is not taken.

Don't mind dem. And the clueless company now recruited Oyinbos to do a job a Nigerian can do successfully, for one-third of the amount that those Oyinbo men will earn annually. Nansense! May Lagos NOT witness an epidemic, before this Visionscape people are sent packing for ineptitude!