Lagos State Starts Power Generation From Organic Wastes.

ENVIROMENT:

The Managing Director of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr. Ola Oresanya on wednesday announced that the states Waste-to-Energy project has started generating electricity.
The LAWMA boss disclosed to news men that the electricity generation phase of the project is  currently being run at a demonstration centre in Ikosi market, Ketu area of the state. he further stated that “The bigger ones are located at Olusosun landfill site. Olusosun is now being properly capped to trap the methane and this means the offensive odour from the site will be history once this stage is completed.

“The infrastructure components are being installed at present and soon, the turbines will arrive, but we cannot set a timeline from the completion yet.”

The LAWMA boss added that the waste management sector had been a
blessing to the state and its residents at large, noting that more 524, 000 people have been engaged directly and indirectly in the business of waste management.

According to him, for now, those who are on the payroll of LAWMA are
about 24,000. Those who benefit directly or indirectly from waste management are indeed huge. “If we use the estimate of one person to 15 beneficiaries, we would be talking of about 500,000 people.”

The managing director therefore explained that the statistics definitely “gives us a picture of the size of that economy. It is a huge economy and if well managed, it can be a tool for social development and reform.”