Finally finally, like a Yoruba adage that says "a single broom is not stronger than a bunch of broom" ... Psps joining hands to work together is a great development to achieving a cleaner Lagos. Kudos to all the parties involved. . Congratulations to Lagosians (we won in the end)

yeankhar49:
The court-owrdered negotiation between Visionscape Sanitation Solutions and private sector participant (PSP) operators has ended as both parties shake hands and agree on terms of operations. The waste wars which resulted from disagreements over the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI) saw PSP operators discontinuing residential waste collection in Lagos State. This led to gaps in service delivery making a mutually beneficial resolution imperative.
This resolution comes after months of negotiations, and barely a week after the PSP operators opted to partner with Visionscape Sanitation Solutions to clear up the backlog of waste in the State.
 
Speaking with the media after the exercise on Thursday, a representative from a contributing waste collection operator, Mr. Hafis Kasumu said: “We have decided to support the government in the initiative to get rid of the waste. And also, to partner with Visionscape. So, it is a partnership and we are doing it together.”
The resolution will see the PSP operators, now referred to as waste collection operators (WCO), continue residential waste collection, while Visionscape Sanitation Solution deepens its work to develop the infrastructure needed to facilitate an effective integrated waste management system. One of these is the critical construction of engineered landfills across the state to prevent environmental disasters like the recent Olusosun dumpsite fire.



Also highlighted in the new agreement is that Visionscape will serve as the central processing hub of municipal solid waste within Lagos State. The company will engage PSPs on long-term service arrangements and will pay them for their service.
carry out any intervention required to fill service gaps in public areas.
This new direction will ensure that all arms of the CLI is able to deliver optimal results that will raise Lagos State’s waste management process to globally acceptable standards.
With countries like Rwanda already exploring e-waste management facility and commercial composting, it is essential that the State accelerates the development of its waste management infrastructure, which Visionscape has concession of. The company has reaffirmed its commitment to leading the concerted effort towards an environmentally sustainable Lagos State.
This partnership is expected to start yielding visible results over the next few weeks.


Lalasticlala mynd44
 

This is a welcome development and makes a lot of sense. It shows we have a truly listening governor and
Visionscape's work is highly recognized.

chicwoman:
Good news for waste management in Lagos state!!!
His Excellency Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has listened to the feedback of residents in Lagos state and has reinstated all PSP operators (now called Waste Collection Operators). He urged them to go back to their various previous areas of operation with following conditions:
(1) PSP operators would handle residential waste collection to the members of public, this includes waste from living premises, institutions ie schools ,hospitals excluding medical waste while major roads will be taking care by Visionscape Sanitation Solutions.
(2) PSP Operators are still in charge of commercial waste and service charge must pay by consumers to PSP operators
(3)Visionscape/CLI are to pay PSP operators for refuse collected from domestic premises to dump site after 15days with one year contract agreement and to be reviewed after a year onward
(4) The scope of the performance driven concession from Visionscape Sanitation Solutions will be expanded to include the upgrade of existing and construction of new transfer loading stations, biomass plants, recycling facilities, waste to energy plants, leachate and waste water treatment and dumpsite and landfill remediation.

(5) The Environmental Services Department are to monitor their activities and report back to the ministry on weekly basis and finally LG should hold meeting with them regularly in order to know their needs or challenges
(6). All LGs/LCDAs are to complement the efforts of Waste Collection Operators to ensure cleaner and sustainable Environment. Thanks.
(7) The Ward Based Sanitation Program will commence in earnest and the rollout will be directly coordinated by the Ministry of the Environment

The agreement was announced today the 5th of April, 2018. Itesiwaju Ekoooooo


CC: lalasticlala
mynd44

I just have to commend the initiative of the Lagos state government in hearkening to the voice of the people and on time. The channels given out to the public to make complaints are responsive and they are yielding the positive results we want to see. I'll be attaching pictures of what I saw at Agidingbi and allen roundabout. . I'm happy at least, the Lagos streets I want to be clean is finally taking shape.. I'm sure other areas will receive touch soon

This is the picture I took on my way out today and it's so clean....
This place was so dirty yesterday morning while passing there on my way out and I called their line to lodge a complaint and guess what? It's now cleaned up... these guys are working sha and they are responsive too..they have listening ears

I see them everywhere too lol but I dnt usually save their name in my head lol....
They seem like they're the only ones clearing all the waste in Lagos, correct me if I'm wrong please....

OlisaOsega87:
E say visio capes LMFAO na Visionscape my guy. But the truth is have been encountering them more frequently these days, They're almost everywhere.

I used to think like this too aswear,
1question for you is "did you communicate with the right authorities concerning this waste you witnessed?"
So it can be attended to?

I still blasted them this morning wen I was arguing with a friend of mine but he was yarning some tangible infos about cleaner Lagos before I got further understanding on it..
then, this facts I saw up here. I think the initiative is good yeah but we as Lagosians should be patient and criticize constructively enough to make it work...
We should not badmouth it, it's a step in the right direction

maeshal:
Forget this cleaner lagos initiative, i have given up them. I told them about a month ago about the waste at sunrise bus stop along oshodi apapa expressway and till now nothing has been done. The entire stretch of that road is a disaster and yet these guys keep sweeping places that require little or no attention, let them keep deceiving themselves

I believe it's because we all want a clean of dirt Lagos and we want it fast, like very very fast and there's no harm in that.. some of us just need proper education and info on the status quo and how visiocape is driving the cleaner Lagos initiative so we can be patient enough... .
Govt should do more on educating the larger populace, this will help us all

OlisaOsega87:
These facts are interesting ones really but my question is this, why exactly are people fighting this noble initiative? is it that we don't like good things or laudable projects like this in this part of the world? it's really baffling see certain comments online, people antagonizing this initiative and I begin to wonder, when will we ever get it right in this part of the world??

Thanks for the correction...
I don't really know their name tho, I just use to see visio "something"..
And the facts u dug out tho, I didn't even know they are only handling dosmestic wastes and that PSPs weren't phased out ... I used to think otherwise and I was still blasting them this morn ooo while arguing with a friend of mine sef...

yeankhar49:
its visionscape bro...most people think the PSPs were phased out, but No they weren't

Wow.... these facts tho.. I didn't even know there is more to this issue that meets the eye.. I've always been an ardent critic of visio capes or so that's handling the waste, now my eye don clear oo... thumbs up guys, I'll try snap some pictures on my way out to see if things are really changing as per waste cleaned up off our streets

I generally think some people just like to choose whatever narrative that fits them, either because they're paid to do so or working against people doing good for the society or something. These cleaner Lagos people are working tiredlessly day in and day out and we should learn to be patient, they are not magicians afterall and we can see that they are all out for good which visionscape is not sleeping on as they have showcased so far. Itesiwaju eko lo jewa logun

I don't think so bro, my movement around some parts of Lagos is saying otherwise, we should inhabit the culture of constructive criticism with proper info and facts

revontuli:
Oh boy that looks bad. Lagos drowning in trash!

These pictures are old guy, I can categorically tell you as of present that Lagos is way cleaner than this. Look up the pictures accompanying my reply to you as evidence to support my motion. We should always try and be objective and updated in our criticism cc @lalasticlala lalasticlala , @Mynd44 Mynd44

AutoJoshNIG:
Indeed, this is not the cleanest of times of our dear Lagos state.

No matter the location – highbrow, lowbrow - one thing has become common to all – heaps of garbage on the street.

No doubt, the only legally approved organization for clearing up refuse in Lagos,Visionscape, is clearly overwhelmed.

As much as one is not aware of the contractual details of the clean-up arrangement for Lagos state, however it is very apparent that the sudden disengagement of the services of the PSP operators wasn’t exactly a well thought out one.

But whatever the case, Visionscape urgently needs to up their game.

These sights are not exactly what any serious city that strives to attain the status of a mega city should project.



Marina, Lagos



Tinubu Square, Lagos Island




Ojuelegba, Bus stop



Adeniran Ogunsanya, Surulere



Agege-Oshodi Expressway



Bolade Oshodi bus stop



Obalende



Western Avenue, Surulere



Mushin-Olosa



Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja



Masha, Surulere



Ejigbo



Ikeja-Under bridge









Source:

https://autojosh.com/mountains-of-garbage-a-common-feature-of-every-part-of-lagos-today/