A new and relevant development emerged on August 16 from Lagos Waste Management Authority Managing Director Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin: Ikorodu has been identified among the parts of Lagos currently worst affected by refuse accumulation, while LAWMA has disclosed a new local-government waste-collection model that could directly affect Ikorodu, Kosofe and Agboyi-Ketu.
What changed: LAWMA says Lagos currently generates approximately 13,000–17,000 tonnes of waste daily. Gbadegesin specifically identified Alimosho, Amuwo-Odofin, Ojo, Ikorodu—particularly the Ikorodu corridor—and Lagos Island councils as areas experiencing some of the greatest waste pressure.
More importantly for OgasTv’s grassroots-development coverage, LAWMA disclosed that each of Lagos’ 57 LGAs/LCDAs has ordered two new compactor trucks, while the state government is ordering another 36, producing an expected unified fleet of 150 trucks. LAWMA says the trucks are expected before the end of 2026.
The agency is simultaneously asking councils to provide land for mini Transfer Loading Stations (mini-TLS). Under the proposed operating model, smaller tricycles would collect refuse from streets and communities—particularly areas inaccessible to large compactors—and deliver it to mini-TLS facilities, from where larger trucks would move the waste to central Material Recovery Facilities. LAWMA says councils have already been written to provide proposed sites for inspection.
Why it matters: This creates a concrete accountability question for Kosofe, Agboyi-Ketu and Ikorodu councils. If every council is expected to receive two trucks and provide land for a mini-TLS, OgasTv can now track whether each local government actually identifies suitable land, receives its vehicles and establishes an effective collection system.
There is also a direct Kosofe connection. LAWMA says its existing biodigester pilot at Ikosi Fruit Market could be extended to markets including Mile 12, converting organic market waste into biofertiliser rather than sending it to landfill.
Verification status: This is credible first-person reporting from the head of LAWMA, published by Vanguard on August 16. LAWMA’s official website independently confirms Gbadegesin as its current MD/CEO.
However, the 150 trucks, mini-TLS facilities and Mile 12 biodigester are planned interventions, not completed projects. OgasTv Grassroots would therefore avoid reporting that Kosofe, Agboyi-Ketu or Ikorodu has already received trucks or established a mini-TLS unless the individual councils confirm it.
Open questions: Have Kosofe, Agboyi-Ketu and the Ikorodu councils submitted their proposed mini-TLS sites?
Where will those facilities be located?
What did each council pay for its two compactors?
When will the trucks arrive?
Who will operate the neighbourhood collection tricycles?
What will residents pay?
When will the Mile 12 biodigester move from proposal to implementation?
And how will performance of local PSP operators be measured?
Neutral OgasTv angle: “LAWMA Identifies Ikorodu Among Lagos Waste Hotspots — New Plan Gives Every LGA/LCDA Two Trucks and Calls for Local Transfer Stations.”
This is worth tracking because the next decisive evidence is no longer another policy statement: it is whether Kosofe, Agboyi-Ketu and Ikorodu identify land, receive their two trucks and establish functioning local collection infrastructure.
