calls for residents understanding, media buy-in
Lagos residents would have to wait one month more to have a city that is clean and without the heap of refuse that is dotting every part of Lagos, if the comment of the Commissioner for Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare is considered.
Adejare speaking yesterday at a media workshop on Cleaner Lagos Initiative, where he represented Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, said that though the state government through the Ministry of Environment, Lagos Waste Management Agency and Visionscap is doing some deep cleaning, the Cleaner Lagos Initiative of the state aimed at ensuring a clean and hygienic environment will commence in the first week of September.
He said that Lagosians must understand that if there is no pain, there is no gain, and that the process on ground now is just a transition.
According to him, by the grace of God, by first week of September, Lagosians will all be happy.
Reading the speech of the Governor, he said the workshop was put together for journalists because as one of the major stakeholders in governance, it strongly believe that the success of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative rests squarely on the way it is presented to the general public by the various media platforms.
Our commitment to the successful implementation of this initiative is driven by the strategic importance of the environment as a bedrock upon which development and economic prosperity rest.
“It is on this premise that our spirited efforts toward improved sanitation and hygiene are founded with the determination to provide a level playing field for all investors and inject international best practices into the solid waste management sector of Lagos State. “
Ambode said that the best way to sustain the environment is through the on-going waste management reform, which offers the unique opportunity to seek private investment from national and international renowned players in the waste management sector, infuse more efficiency and enhance the standard of living.
“As the gatekeepers of public information, we seek your support in moulding public opinion for the necessary buy in into the Cleaner Lagos Initiative because people’s opinion is the engine that keeps the wheel of democracy rolling.”
