NewzTo deploy 160 new compactor trucks, five transfer stations by Q2 2027 By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared a “state of emergency” on waste management in the state, citing mounting pressure on waste collection and the growing menace of indiscriminate dumping across the metropolis. The governor, however, unveiled short-, medium- and long-term measures aimed at clearing the current backlog of waste and improving the state’s waste management system. Sanwo-Olu, who spoke on Wednesday during an inspection tour of the Olusosun dump site in Ojota, Lagos, said the intervention became necessary following weeks of slow waste turnaround and what he described as uncoordinated advocacy.
The governor was accompanied by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat; Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab; and other senior government officials. “What we are seeing at Olusosun is a typical sight of the challenge. We are here to see what the problem is and to clearly declare a small state of emergency so that we can get out of this very unpleasant situation,” Sanwo-Olu said.
He disclosed that the state government, in partnership with development partner Zoomlion, was constructing two new 2,400-metric-tonne Transfer Loading Stations at Olusosun and Solu 3 in Alimosho Local Government Area. According to him, the facilities would receive compacted waste before transferring it to two Material Recovery Sites under construction at Oke Osho in Epe and Erikitte in Badagry. “Each transfer station is designed to handle about 500 trucks per day.
With the transfer loading stations, waste will be compacted and eventually taken to a material recovery site where it will be further sorted and broken into other uses,” he said. Sanwo-Olu projected that physical development on the facilities would become visible by the end of the year, while full operations were expected between the first and second quarters of 2027. For immediate relief, he said the state planned to increase the capacity of the Olusosun facility from between 250 and 350 trucks daily to between 350 and 450 trucks by increasing the number of tipping points from two or three to four or five.
He added that road stabilisation work was underway at Solu 3, with grading expected to be completed within two to three weeks to allow continued waste reception. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has declared what he described as a “small state of emergency” on waste management to address challenges affecting refuse collection and disposal across the state. Sanwo-Olu made the declaration on Wednesday during an inspection of the Olusosun dumpsite in Ojota, Lagos, accompanied by his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, and the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab.
The governor said the inspection was aimed at identifying the immediate challenges confronting waste management operations and developing short, medium and long-term solutions to the situation. He said the state had, in the past few weeks, witnessed pressure on waste collection, resulting in indiscriminate dumping of refuse in different parts of the metropolis. “We are here for ourselves to see what the problem is and what is happening, so that we can clearly declare what we will call a small state of emergency.
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