The Lagos State Government (LASG) has announced plans to procure 100 new compressed natural gas (CNG) compactor trucks next year.
The announcement was made by Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, Managing Director of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), during a media briefing at Alausa, Ikeja.
He said the state intends to introduce between 200 and 250 new compactor trucks annually in the coming years under a 10-year development plan.
“To keep Lagos clean. We still need compactor trucks. Altogether, we need about 2000 trucks. 1000 for day-to-day fleet and 1000 for backup,” Gbadegesin said, according to a statement on Thursday by the Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Environment & Water Resources, Kunle Adeshina
He explained that the initiative would be backed by a state-wide automated billing system.
“We will undertake Enumeration of every household and billing by the state government. Through automation, You will now get a bill from the state government. When you pay and once we confirm that the PSP operators have done the job. We pay them,” he added.
Gbadegesin further revealed that LAWMA had terminated contracts with 22 underperforming Private Sector Participants (PSPs) this year, replacing them with new operators committed to delivering efficient services.
In addition to the compactor trucks, the state plans to deploy 500 mobile compactor tricycles by mid-2026.
These tricycles are designed to service hard-to-reach areas with narrow roads, reduce manual labor costs, and provide income opportunities for former cart pushers. The system has already been successfully piloted in Ibeju Lekki.
He urged residents to stop dumping waste on roads and in canals, warning that violators would face sanctions under the state’s sanitation laws. He also encouraged waste separation, noting that 90 per cent of what people throw away has value.
“Ninety per cent of what you throw away has value. We must start sorting that waste, collecting it and giving it to those who are in need of it. Waste to wealth is the key to the survival of lagos. When you go to Olusosun and solous 3, you will see it,” Gbadegesin stated.
On the long-term plan to improve the state’s waste management infrastructure, Gbadegesin said: “We must move to a point where we ban landfill sites and that is what we are moving towards as a state government. We have commenced the process of decommissioning Olusosun and Soluos 3 within the next 18 months. We have already gone into two months out of that 18 months.”
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