LAWMA terminates five Lagos waste operators as sixth withdraws
The Lagos Waste Management Authority has terminated the operating licences of five Private Sector Participation waste operators, while a sixth operator voluntarily withdrew from the scheme.
LAWMA said the decision followed assessments of the operators’ capacity to meet required service standards across their assigned areas.
K-HS Integrated Services voluntarily withdrew, while Deshasat Enterprises, Bailas Nigeria Company, Guestimate Environmental Protection Company, Evabol Ventures and Korad Closet Empire Limited had their licences terminated.
Five terminated, one withdraws
The distinction in the operators’ status is important.
LAWMA says five operators were removed following its regulatory assessment.
K-HS Integrated Services was not terminated and instead voluntarily withdrew.
The six operators should therefore not all be described as having been sanctioned for service failures.
Six service areas affected
The affected service locations are:
- Ward C1/Slot A/Abosan in Igbogbo-Baiyeku
- Ibereko (LIMCA) in Olorunda
- Sabo Oniba in Ojo
- Papa Ashafa II in Orile Agege
- Oluwa 1 in Ajeromi-Ifelodun
- Oke-Ira/Powerline in Ojodu
LAWMA has assured residents that appropriate interventions will be made to maintain waste collection in the affected areas.
But the authority has not yet publicly identified replacement operators or detailed route-by-route transition arrangements.
That leaves a practical question for residents and businesses: who will take over collection in each affected area, and when?
LAWMA says action is part of tighter oversight
LAWMA says the licence action forms part of efforts to strengthen performance standards, service coverage, accountability and regulatory oversight within the PSP waste-collection system.
Operators are expected to maintain the equipment, personnel and service capacity required for their assigned routes.
The regulatory action therefore raises a wider accountability issue beyond the licence withdrawals themselves.
The key test will be whether LAWMA can reassign the affected routes without leaving residents with gaps in waste collection.
What residents should watch
For households and businesses in the six affected service areas, the immediate issue is continuity.
LAWMA has promised interventions aimed at maintaining collection, but that commitment is not the same as confirmation that replacement coverage has already begun.
The next significant development will be any LAWMA announcement identifying replacement operators, revised collection schedules or reassigned routes.
Until then, the established position is that five PSP operators have been terminated, one has voluntarily withdrawn, and LAWMA says it will act to maintain waste-collection services in the affected communities.