Akeredolu creating healthy atmosphere for development through effective waste management System in Ondo State
Waste management is the most pressing environmental challenge faced by urban and rural areas in Nigeria. with a population of 178.5 million, is one of the largest producers of solid waste in Africa. Despite a host of policies and regulations, waste management in the country is alarming with each passing day.


Changing the narrative when it comes to an effective waste management system in Nigeria, the Ondo state government in the bid to ensure a clean environment has ensured that issues relating to the wellness of the good people of Ondo state are treated with great importance. By introducing ZL Global tagged OPERATION FLUSH to carry out waste management operations in the state. Also it has put in place tasks and responsibilities to effectively focus on all relevant clients, and employees on appropriate handling, evacuation, collection, transportation, recovery, disposal, monitoring and reporting of waste in Ondo state.


The OPERATION FLUSH program is an intensive operation to evacuate all illegal dumps from communities, water channels, canals, drainages and river tributaries.
The execution of the Operation Flush intervention program cuts across different categories of waste management mentioned below;
Vegetation Control
Vector Control
Desilting of drainages, canals and river tributaries
Evacuation of solid waste from communal/ancient dump sites

This initiative caters for waste containerization, general sanitation and hygiene within the operational environment to curb various disease outbreak in this post-Ebola era. It would be recalled that the Ondo state government had flagged off the OPERATION FLUSH in the ancient town of Owo on the 3rd of February 2019 which is done to put an end to the worrisome menace of Lassa fever.

At the end of the operation, lands were identified as dump site for Owo and Ose local government respectively. the Ondo state government on the 9th of July 2019 acquired a brand-new Amphibious Excavator to help tackle flooding in the state.


the acquired Amphibious Excavator (Swamp buggy) would be used to combat flooding problems ravaging various parts of the state.

However, to support the efforts of the Ondo state government in keeping the state clean and the populace healthy, the management of Sterling Bank on the 27th of August 2019 donated 600 customized reflective uniforms to the Ondo State Waste Management Authority (OSWMA) for highway sweepers and workers working with the agency. In addition, the bank also donated kits, brooms, spades, boots and rakes to the authority in fulfilment of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Moreover, a bad environmental outlook will eventually scare away potential investors from the state, which will in the long run have a huge toil on the economic development and growth of the state.


Amudipe Opeyemi Marcus
TCC NEWS

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