By Peter Dansu Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed a Badagry-born administrator, Hon. Olajuwon Mautin Akinyemi, as the ...
By Peter Dansu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed a Badagry-born administrator, Hon. Olajuwon Mautin Akinyemi, as the Acting Managing Director of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), as part of a major shake-up aimed at addressing the state's worsening waste management crisis.
Akinyemi, an indigene of the Iragon area of Badagry Local Government Area, replaces Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, whose exit comes amid growing concerns over heaps of refuse accumulating on major roads, residential areas and drainage channels across Lagos.
The appointment, which takes immediate effect, was confirmed by the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, who disclosed that the governor had directed Akinyemi to assume office in an acting capacity.
The leadership change is part of a comprehensive reorganisation of LAWMA, which also saw the appointment of Dr Tijani Olorunwa as Acting Director of Operations, while Mr Kunle Adebiyi retains his position as Executive Director, Finance.
The restructuring reportedly includes the redeployment of senior officers on Salary Grade Levels 13 to 17 to other arms of the Lagos State public service, including the mainstream Civil Service, Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas.
However, officers in the agency's Legal Department have been exempted to ensure continuity in ongoing legal matters and concession agreements. Heads of Landfill Operations, LAWMA Operations and Private Sector Participation Operations have also been retained for an initial 90-day period to support the transition and stabilisation of the authority.
The development comes against the backdrop of persistent public complaints over poor waste evacuation and declining environmental sanitation across Lagos, with the state generating an estimated 14,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily.
Before his latest appointment, Akinyemi served as Deputy Executive Secretary (Technical) of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), following his appointment by President Bola Tinubu in 2025. He previously served as Deputy Executive Secretary (Technical) in the Lagos State Civil Service for UBEC and as Director of Administration and Human Resources in the Office of Infrastructure.
His emergence as head of LAWMA places a Badagry indigene at the helm of one of Lagos State's critical environmental management agencies at a time when the government is under increasing pressure to restore effective waste collection, evacuation and disposal across the state.
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