Lagos State’s waste management authority, LAWMA, says refuse heaps across the state will soon be eliminated as it expands and rehabilitates waste disposal infrastructure. LAWMA’s Managing Director, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, makes the assurance during the commissioning of rehabilitated Road E and newly constructed disposal platforms at the Olusosun Disposal Facility in Ojota. The authority frames the upgrades as part of ongoing efforts to improve waste handling and disposal operations, addressing the existing backlog of waste in different locations. Both outlets report that LAWMA presents the new platforms and the rehabilitated road as steps that will strengthen capacity and streamline disposal at the facility, which is central to waste collection and final disposal in the area. While the reports do not specify a precise timeline for when the backlog will end, they consistently describe the commissioning event as a basis for the agency’s public commitment that the visible refuse heaps will reduce and disappear in the near term.