22 Lagos PSP operators fired for underperformance

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The Lagos State Waste Management Authority has terminated the contracts of 22 Private Sector Participation operators for failing to deliver on their waste collection and disposal obligations.

The PSP operators are private companies contracted by LAWMA to manage waste collection and transportation within designated areas of the state.

LAWMA’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, disclosed this during a media parley on Wednesday in Lagos.

Gbadegesin explained that the affected operators had their slots withdrawn and reassigned to other companies due to “failure in effective waste collection.”

“We axed about 22 PSP operators this year. We replaced them with others due to failure in effective waste collection. LAWMA has the framework to supervise the PSP operators in the state.

“In fact, we have people who monitor the PSP operators and report to us those who are performing and those who are not.

“It helps us to monitor their performance across the state,” he said.

He reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to maintaining a cleaner environment and urged residents to stop dumping refuse on roads and in canals, warning that anyone caught disposing of waste in drainage channels would “face the full wrath of the law.”

Highlighting efforts to address institutional challenges affecting waste management, Gbadegesin announced plans to acquire 500 mobile tricycle compactors in 2026 to address the surging waste burden.

According to him, the compactors—already deployed in some hard-to-reach areas such as Ibeju-Lekki—will be expanded to other parts of the state.

“Lagos requires a minimum of 2,000 tricycle compactors to effectively tackle the growing waste challenge driven by population pressures and infrastructure gaps,” he stressed.

Gbadegesin noted that the state’s four million households generate between 13,000 and 15,000 tonnes of waste daily, with 450 PSP operators collecting waste weekly. However, he said the PSP operators currently have the capacity to collect only between 4,000 and 5,000 tonnes daily.

“The biggest issue right now in waste management is the infrastructure. When I talk of infrastructure, I’m talking about the equipment and facilities we use to collect, transport, treat and dispose of the 13,000 tonnes of waste daily in the state.

“The infrastructure includes the whole logistics chain from the bins. Waste management begins with the containerisation of households, businesses and industries.

“We don’t have enough bins. Right now, we have 80,000 smart bins that we are rolling out, and we need a lot more. We have four million Lagos households,” he said.

PUNCH Metro had in November reported the lamentation of Lagos residents over the rising refuse dumps across the state, expressing fears that they were vulnerable to disease outbreak as a result of the dirt if not evacuated.

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