By Uzor Odigbo
Top management of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, has debunked claims on social media alleging that some street sweepers are being owed three months’ salaries by the agency.
Odumboni stated emphatically that the allegation was untrue and fabricated, stressing that no sweeper in the service of the state government was being owed any salary as all the LAWMA contractors had been fully paid to date.
“There is no truth whatsoever in the content of the video, it is complete falsehood and the Authority wants to make it categorically clear that the welfare of our sweepers is paramount; we will stop at nothing to ensure that they are adequately taken care of,” he stated.
He, therefore, advised members of the public to ignore the fake viral video, describing it as malicious and suggestive.
The managing director also implored residents to call the agency’s toll-free numbers 07080601020 and 617 for waste management complaints and inquiries.
Note that some workers of the State Waste Management Authority had reportedly abandoned work following claims that the Lagos State hasn’t paid them for three months, but a lawmaker, Desmond Elliot, said that no worker was being owed.
The recent protest came weeks after the state government began to audit the account of LAWMA over financial discrepancy.
Some sections of the media had reported that workers were protesting over non-payment of their salary which they reported had been going on for months.
