Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed Olajuwon Akinyemi as acting Managing Director of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) to replace Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin following the waste crisis in the state.
The governor also appointed Dr Tijani Olorunwa as Acting Director of Operations, while Kunle Adebiyi retains his position as Executive Director, Finance.
Daily Post reports that Sanwo-Olu had also ordered the redeployment of officers on Salary Grade Levels 13 to 17 to the mainstream civil service, local governments and local council development areas, according to the report.
The exercise, however, excludes personnel in the authority’s Legal Department to prevent disruption to ongoing court proceedings and concession agreements.
The heads of Landfill Operations, LAWMA Operations and Private Sector Participation Operations have also been exempted from the redeployment for an initial 90 days to allow the new management to stabilise the agency and maintain continuity in waste collection.
Sanwo-Olu had asked Gbadegesin to resign following his response to the slow pace of waste evacuation and reported failure to act on directives.
Gbadegesin had said additional trucks were deployed to some affected areas, and that clearance had been completed or was ongoing on several collection routes in Mile 2, Doyin-Orile, Ijesha Road, Itire-Ikate, Bucknor-Ijegun and Obalende among locations where interventions had been carried out, while acknowledging that field updates were still outstanding for Apapa, Abesan Estate, Idimu-Ejigbo Road and the Isheri-Igando corridor.
