Operators of the Private Sector Participation, PSP, in refuse management on Tuesday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest over the new environmental bill before the Assembly.
The protesters said that if their suggestions were not incorporated into the bill, it will jeopardise their business.
The protesters, under the Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria, (AWAM) appealed to the lawmakers not to allow their businesses to die.
According to Olalekan Owojori, spokesperson of the protesters, the new investment the state government needed was in the area of dumpsites and landfills and not collection and transportation of waste.
In his words: “Lagos is dirty now because the dumpsites and landfills are not enough while those available are in terrible state. The state government is owing PSP operators over N1…
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