By Dapo Akinrefon
LAGOS—THE Association of Scrap and waste Pickers of Lagos, ASWOL, yesterday, said it has started the uploading of the profile of no fewer than 3700 registered waste pickers on its newly launched website.
Speaking during the Nigerian Artisans Technicians Conference held in Lagos, President of the association, Mr Friday Oku stated that the essence of putting the registered members’ profiles on the website was against the backdrop of those who have painted the profession negatively, recalling that cart pushers were banned in Lagos state in 2018.
Oku said: “The website will make you know the real waster picker that is on the street, all the cart pushers we want to have all of them on the website in which they will have a number and you can click on the website and you know that this person is from Ikorodu, Ikeja and you know even the unit where the person is coming from.
“For now those on the website are not up to 1000 but those fill their hard…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
