Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Olajuwon Akinyemi as the acting Managing Director of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA).
Naija News reports that the appointment follows growing concerns over the poor handling of refuse across the state.
Akinyemi replaces Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin who was asked to resign over the heaps of refuse littering major roads, residential areas and drainage channels across the state.
Sanwo-Olu also approved appointment of Dr Tijani Olorunwa as the acting Director of Operations. However, Kunle Adebiyi will retain his position as the Executive Director of Finance.
The state government has also approved the redeployment of several senior LAWMA officials to other departments and agencies within the Lagos State public service as part of efforts to reform the authority.
Under the arrangement, officers between Salary Grade Levels 13 and 17 are to be transferred to the mainstream Lagos State Civil Service, local governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).
However, officials working in the Legal Department will not be affected by the exercise to prevent interruptions to ongoing court cases and concession agreements handled by the agency.
The heads of Landfill Operations, LAWMA Operations and Private Sector Participation Operations have also been temporarily exempted from the transfers for an initial period of 90 days.
Akinyemi, who hails from Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State, is an experienced administrator.
Before his latest appointment, President Bola Tinubu named him Deputy Executive Secretary (Technical) of the Universal Basic Education Commission in 2025.
He had also served in the Lagos State public service, where he held the position of Deputy Executive Secretary (Technical) for UBEC.
Akinyemi previously worked as Director of Administration and Human Resources in the Lagos State Office of Infrastructure.
