LAWMA SUSTAINS AYОBO-IPAJA CLEAN-UP, SEALS DEFAULTING MARKETS, PLAZAS
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has sustained its intervention to clear waste backlogs and tackle indiscriminate dumping across the Ayobo-Ipaja axis, with enforcement operations resulting in the sealing of some recalcitrant markets and plazas for environmental violations.
Speaking on this development, the Managing Director/ CEO of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin said that the latest enforcement operation, conducted on Sunday by the LAWMA Project WISE team covering the Ikeja West District, targeted defaulting facilities around the Ayobo-Ipaja axis, following repeated environmental infractions and failure to comply with the Authority’s directives.
According to him, among the facilities sealed were Rock of Age Plaza, Ajerogun 1 Market, Ayobo Market and Oba Plaza, all within the Ayobo area.
He explained that the enforcement operation complemented LAWMA’s ongoing waste evacuation and environmental sanitation intervention within the axis, where operational teams had continued to clear accumulated waste from Oluwaga Bus Stop by Sawmill, Ayobo Road median by Rainoil, Atan Nla by TCN, Ayobo Police Post, Megida Bus Stop and other identified locations.
The LAWMA boss said that the Authority would continue to combine waste evacuation with sustained monitoring and enforcement to ensure that cleared locations do not relapse into waste black spots while adding that lasting environmental improvement required the cooperation of residents, traders, businesses and other waste generators in complying with approved waste disposal arrangements.
He reiterated that the Authority would continue to take necessary enforcement measures against individuals, markets, plazas and other facilities that violate environmental regulations or contribute to indiscriminate dumping.
He urged residents and businesses in the axis to support the ongoing intervention by patronising their assigned PSP operators, disposing of waste through approved channels and refraining from activities that could undermine the ongoing efforts to restore and maintain environmental cleanliness.
Mukaila Sanusi, PhD Director , Public Affairs LAWMA 24th August, 2026
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