Lagos waste management deal to create 5,000 jobs
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’We will definitely and wholeheartedly work to the timeline of the collaboration. This is a relationship that we have tested, we have seen and convinced that the skill and expertise will work here in Lagos."
By Paul Dada
A waste management and processing concession agreement signed by the Lagos State Government and a Ghanaian firm, Jospong Group of Companies, is expected to create 5,000 jobs.
The deal is to help the state government to achieve its cleaner Lagos initiative and address waste disposal challenges.
The agreement was signed on Monday at Alausa, Ikeja, by the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, SAN, and the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab. Jospong Group was represented by its Executive Chairman, Joseph Siaw Agyepong.
Lagos Sate Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who was at the event, said the move was strategic towards achieving a cleaner and healthier Lagos.
“We are ready to learn from the Ghanaian experience. This agreement will not only help rid Lagos of waste but also create thousands of job opportunities and transfer valuable technology to Nigerians,” he said.
Agyepong on his own part, assured the state government said the project would involve the construction of two waste transfer stations and other recycling facilities.
He said, ‘’We will definitely and wholeheartedly work to the timeline of the collaboration. This is a relationship that we have tested, we have seen and convinced that the skill and expertise will work here in Lagos.”
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