The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it had apprehended some cart pushers whose activities violated environmental laws and undermined the state government’s efforts at maintaining a clean and liveable city. The cart pushers were operating around Dopemu, Ojudu Berger, Ifako-Ijaiye, Agege, and other parts of the state. The arrests followed a PUNCH Healthwise report which detailed the return of …

Concerned about the growing security threats posed by the activities of scavengers and cart pushers, the Enugu State government has restated its ban on their operations, warning that scavengers and cart pushers caught would be prosecuted. The reaffirmation of the proscription of the scavengers and their activities popularly called, ‘Iron Condemn’ in local parlance, was disclosed by the Secretary to …

Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has secured two-month jail terms for three persons for various environmental offences, while another person, who allegedly patronised a cart pusher, has a pending judgment. According to a statement by LAWMA’s Director of Public Affairs, Mrs Folashade Kadiri, the ruling is coming on the heels of the agency’s collaboration with the police to stop incessant …