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I took a picture of the Ikeja MMM link bridge this afternoon on my way. I couldn't believe the way everywhere was so clean. Just had to snap pictures for proof. Thank God you posted this. I hope other areas become this clean too.

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Lmao this is so typical of Nigerians. Tueeeh. What's the need to of destroying sometning cause you don't want it to be appluadable. Nawa o. Make these Visionscape guys no give up sha, na my own be that.

My brother no be only you the thing tire. It was cause of the things I saw online that made me even conclude that they werent working cause i see them everyday but I just used to think maybe na one place dem dey always dey.

If only everyone would do this, I'm sure more people will begin to see that they are working. I see them on my way to work everyday and I don't bother cause I had the feeling it was just on the Island alone. My perception has changed though.

Yeah right. I think this is why many people esp me thought the Visionscape was a scam because I didn't know PSP was not scraped out. This information has helped though. Nice one�

Oh I see. This thing is now clear to me oh. Ha this is enough reason why Visionscape should be given time na. Cause Me I thought It was the work of Visionscape Initially to be in charge of the whole waste management in Lagos, I didn't know they were to only manage domestic waste. Awwwn I hope people get to read this and understand better sha cause the thing no easy

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Oh I see. This thing is now clear to me oh. Ha this is enough reason why Visionscape should be given time na. Cause Me I thought It was the work of Visionscape Initially to be in charge of the whole waste management in Lagos, I didn't know they were to only manage domestic waste. Awwwn I hope people get to read this and understand better sha cause the thing no easy [q1uote author=yeankhar49 post=65995249]1. The PSPs were responsible for clearing waste from the residences and markets
2. The cart pushers also held sway
3. The cart pushers allegedly dumped waste everywhere
4. The PSPs got rid of their own waste at the dump sites, the prominent was Olusosun.
5. There was no effective way to manage waste
6. No good recycling system. No efficient waste sorting system
7. Leachate from dumped waste poisoned our waters
8. LASG in its wisdom came up with the Cleaner Lagos Initiative
9. The role of Visionscape in the CLI was to manage only domestic waste. The PSPs were to handle commercial waste
10. Nobody's contract was terminated as reported in this report.
11. The PSPs screamed blue murder and stopped collecting waste from the neighbourhoods and residences. They took govt to court
12. Meanwhile, Visionscape was bringing in its equipment and resources and preparing to fulfil its mandate of clearing and managing the waste from the residences.
13. It was to start the actual collection waste in January this year.
14. But government requested Visionscape to help clear the backlog of refuse that the PSPs had left uncollected and also to help get rid of new waste being generated
15. Visionscape obliged and diverted its resources meant for the clearing of domestic waste into handling commercial waste too.
16. Now that the dust is settling and many of the PSPs, now called WCOs, Visionscape is now coming back to its original mandate of clearing from the residences without leaving the markets totally.
17. It has acquired/ still acquiring more equipment to now handle residential waste since the initial equipment was diverted into the management of commercial waste at the request of the LASG.

18. Gradually but steadily, Visionscape is fulfilling its mandate and will soon commence a door-to-door collection of waste as it will soon stabilise

19. Soon, everything will stabilise and we will all see.

20. Already transfer loading stations are being constructed by Visionscape at some places in Lagos

21. The Epe landfill being constructed by Visionscape, is the first of it's kind in West Africa.

Get your facts right, please.


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The way the Lagos state government is devising all possible means to make sure lagos state becomes clean again is commendable. Kudos! Hopefully lagosians will cooperate with the government and Lagos will be clean again


tolaphoenix post=65164403]On Saturday, January 13th of this year, the Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello read out the riot act to cart pushers and wheel barrow operators within the state. Bello on behalf of the state government declared without equivocation that the activities of these people were banned.

The SSG said the government was concerned that the activities of the cart pushers and wheel barrow operators were inimical to the environmental cleanliness of Lagos. He stated that since government had flagged off the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), it was necessary to put a stop to the wantonness of the cart pushers.

Bello maintained that investigations had shown that the cart pushers were responsible for most of the illegal dumping of waste in canals and road medians at night. “What the state government has discovered is that these people use the night to perpetrate all sorts of dastardly acts. They dump refuse indiscriminately on the medians of major roads and highways,” Bello said.

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Bello stated the state government was concerned that the wheel barrow operators constituted a security risk. Hear him: “ They also pose serious security threats because they use those carts to hide arms and ammunition under the guise of carrying refuse to rob unsuspecting residents.”

No well meaning citizen can fault the outright ban on the activities of the cart pushers for the Akinwunmi Ambode led government has gone to great lengths to make sure that its dream of ensuring a cleaner Lagos becomes a reality.

It was this dream that precipitated the need to fashion a new environmental management policy, which is known as the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI). With the CLI, the State Government is working towards a city that is flood free. It is also dreaming that Lagos would become one of the cleanest cities in the world. Hence, Governor Ambode in 2017 signed into law a new legislation called the Environmental Management Protection Law.

The law is to limit government’s role to waste regulation. The waste management part has been left for an environmental utility company, Visionscape Sanitation Services Limited (VSS) to handle. The VSS, a multinational company has a reputation for rendering innovative environmental solutions. It is known for using cutting-edge technologies and tools to address the environmental needs of large cities, among others. Among places that the VSS has commercial operations around the world are Dubai, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Given its reputation as a leader in the environmental utility sector and its famed technical soundness, no well meaning member of the society can fault the Lagos State Government for granting a 10-year franchise to Visionscape to handle the waste management of the state.

The contract signed by Visionscape was to initially handle the waste in residential areas. But this did not go down well with the PSP operators who had been in charge of waste management in the state. They dragged the state government to the court. The matter lasted in the court for a year until the parties in the suit reached an out-of court settlement. While the matter went on in court, the resources of Visionscape which were initially meant for collecting domestic waste had to be stretched because they were also deployed for managing commercial waste in public areas that had been abandoned by the PSPs.

Now it is a good development that the bickering has stopped. There is now a new arrangement. Old PSP operators are being absorbed into the CLI once they meet the recertification criteria to determine their functionality and performance. They are now called Waste Collectors (WCOs) and Lagos State now has over 400 approved waste collection operators. They will concentrate on collecting commercial waste from schools, churches, industries, hospitals and other businesses, while Visionscape will focus on residential waste collection in the state.

Recently, in a published advertorial which is aimed at further cementing the cracked wall with the PSPs, Visionscape sought to incorporate PSPs by calling for Expression of Interest (EOI)) for the short haul transportation of municipal solid waste within Lagos state.

According to the advertorial, the scope of activities will include the transportation of municipal solid waste from the Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) and commercial markets across the state to designated transfer loading stations and landfills.

To underscore the readiness of Visionscape to fulfill its mandate, its CEO, John Irvine, in a recent interview granted a national newspaper articulated a roadmap at the end of which he said Lagos residents would be able to appreciate the CLI initiative fully.

“In the (waste management) industry, this period is usually 18 months and it has stages which include mobilisation which is for 3-4 months, stabilisation (3-4 months) and the augmentation (3-4 months)”. He assured the people that his company, working with other stakeholders, would rid Lagos of waste, positing that usually in the first cycle which is the stage Lagos is at the moment, service delivery takes longer because of the integration stage.

He assured that VSS had developed coherent education plan which would promote waste management education among residents in Lagos State.

He said the company had already started visiting schools to enlighten students about recycling, and segregation of wastes.

Irvine further stated that, “In line with the CLI framework, wastes gathered by the community sanitation workers will be segregated, recycled and sent away and will be made into brushes, shovels and bins to come back into the state to be used in the environment.

Now that it appears that both the Visionscape and the PSPs are ready to work together for the progress of CLI, the cart pushers are obviously undermining the programme. Despite the announcement of the ban on their activities, they still indulge in the dumping of wastes on medians, canals, streets and roads. In spite of the ban by the government, they are still ubiquitous, inflicting untold havoc on the environment.

It is therefore time for the Lagos State Government to spare no effort in stemming this evil tide. The Ambode administration has achieved a lot in the sectors of education, infrastructure, health, culture, and among others. It is time for the government to go all out against all interest groups sabotaging the CLI so that the efforts of Lagos State Government, Visionscape and other stakeholders to turn Lagos into one of the cleanest cities in the world will yield the desired results faster than envisaged.

While government has already arrested and prosecuted some environmental pollutants, the time could not be more auspicious than now for government to enforce its laws by arresting and prosecuting many of those who undermine laudable programmes such as the CLI. This menace must be put to an end quickly.


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