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The Group Managing Director, Alpha Mead Facilities, Femi Akintunde, has made it known that Nigeria’s quest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 could be a mirage, if the country remains reluctant to implement strategies, practices and processes that will enable it effectively manage its rising waste level. The Guardian reports that Akintunde, an engineer, who expressed concerns ...

Lagos State government has signed a $135 million (N85 billion) partnership agreement with a foreign firm as part of its new waste management policy. The Guardian reports that the Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare said the partnership is under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will last for four years. He said the investment, which would kick off ...

University of Lagos, Akoka, hosted the environmental experts of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Mitigation, SETPOM, where they asserted that improper waste disposal and management is causing devastating effects on the climate. They added that environmental pollution and its challenges pose a threat in the economic development of Nigeria. Vanguard reports that the experts made this known at the ...

Environmental experts have maintained that improper waste disposal and management is causing devastating effects on the climate. They added that environmental pollution and its challenges pose a threat in economic development in Nigeria. According to Vanguard, the experts made this known during the annual International Conference and Conferment of ‘Fellows’ Award’ by the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Mitigation ...

The Guardian reports that the maiden edition of the National Waste Management conference will hold at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island early next month. The newspaper adds that the conference which is organised by InterMarc Consulting, reinforces the need for national policy on waste and engender the need for a national stakeholder partnership for the overall agenda of the Sustainable ...

Lagos Smart City: By all indications Lagos arguably the most populated city in Nigeria is set to become the first smart city in Africa following her historic partnership with the city of Dubai in the last month. According to the number one citizen of Lagos state, Governor Ambode the Lagos smart city project is a deliberate attempt by the government ...