The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has disengaged some street sweepers, their supervisors and a service provider over alleged indiscriminate waste dumping along the Oworonshoki-Berger axis of Lagos State.
The authority also arrested two suspected illegal waste dumpers in the area as part of its ongoing enforcement against improper waste disposal.
LAWMA disclosed this in a statement published on its Facebook page on Saturday, September 5, 2026.
According to the authority, investigations revealed that some of the affected sweepers and their supervisors were allegedly involved in dumping waste on the road median along the axis, an area already identified as a recurring waste blackspot.
LAWMA Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said the affected personnel were disengaged after sustained surveillance and investigation, during which the sweepers allegedly confessed to the act.
He said the decision was necessary to demonstrate that personnel and service providers engaged by LAWMA must not contribute to the environmental problems they were contracted to tackle.
“Our responsibility is to keep Lagos clean, and everyone involved in that responsibility must play their part. Where our investigations establish that anyone is contributing to the problem, appropriate action will be taken. There will be no exceptions,” Gbadegesin said.
The LAWMA chief executive said the authority would continue investigating recurring waste hotspots and sanction individuals found to be contributing to indiscriminate waste disposal, irrespective of their position within the waste management system.
Meanwhile, enforcement officials arrested two suspected illegal waste dumpers along the same corridor.
One of the suspects, identified as Timileyin Ojo, a male load carrier, was allegedly caught using a wheelbarrow to dump waste on the road median around the Berger-Oworonshoki axis.
The second suspect, identified as a cart pusher, was arrested for allegedly engaging in unauthorised waste collection in the area.
LAWMA said both suspects had been taken to the Oshodi Task Force Office, also known as the Mobile Court, for further investigation and prosecution in accordance with relevant environmental laws in Lagos State.
Gbadegesin urged residents, businesses and waste collectors across Lagos to dispose of their waste through approved channels and patronise only assigned Private Sector Participants (PSPs).
He also emphasised that waste management personnel and service providers must comply with the same environmental standards expected of other stakeholders.
The authority said it would maintain surveillance along the Berger-Oworonshoki axis and other identified waste hotspots, warning that further enforcement action would be taken whenever violations are established.
