AgegePulse Magazine
The Agege Chapter of the Association of Waste Management (AWAM), better known as PSP Operators on Thursday embarked on collection of refuse in the area for onward disposal, in support of the candidacy of governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC, *Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu*.
The exercise, which happened across the state was mooted by the Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government Area, Alh. Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi.
The Council boss, who is the Director, NGOs, CSOs and Students for Sanwo-Olu’s campaign organization (BOSCO), at his instance held a meeting with the AWAM State Excos at his office where the decision to embark on the free refuse evacuation exercise was reached.
Speaking to Agege LG’s correspondents, Ismaeel Garba Ismaeel and Dare Ojole, who monitored the sanitation exercise, the PSP Operators’ Chairman in the area, Prince Adepoju Adeniyi, said the motive behind the one day free voluntary community service was to drum up support for *Mr. Sanwo-Olu* and ensure his victory on Sunday at the APC governorship primary.
Prince Adeniyi accused the incumbent, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode of economic displacement of the waste disposal operators in the state, adding that the governor’s policy sent some of their members to early grave.
He said, “Ambode maltreated us. He gave our jobs to foreigners, who are ignorant of our peculiarities and landscape. His action caused the untimely deaths of our members, who did not have other means of survival.
“Also, under Ambode, Lagos’ environment, which hitherto was a beauty to behold became an eyesore with refuse littering the streets leading to widespread diseases.”
During the exercise, compactor trucks with *Sanwo-Olu’s* campaign banners and posters on them, were sighted moving across the areas, pulling over at Isiaka Street Junction, Dorcas Morounfolu Street Junction and Salimonu Street, Ile Pako Junction in Orile Agege among others, to pick waste as residents and shop owners excitedly dumped their refuse inside it.
By Ismaeel Garba Ismael
