The Association of Waste Managers
of Nigeria (AWAM), on Tuesday announced its support for one of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The aspirant is the Managing
Director of Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC), a
parastatal under Lagos State Government.
He is contesting for the ticket
against his principal, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
At a press conference in their
Mushin office, the PSP operators said they believed that Sanwo-Olu would
restore their jobs, which the incumbent administration took.
The Vice Chairman, David Oriyomi,
flanked by other executive members, explained that the decision to back
Sanwo-Olu, was in the interest of about 25,000 workers engaged by the 350 PSP
operators, who had lost their jobs.
Oriyomi said the association
boasts of no fewer than 150,000 voters at the grassroots, who would be
mobilised to help Sanwo-Olu to achieve his governorship ambition.
He said, “This injustice should
not be allowed to continue, the health and well-being of residents of Lagos
must be paramount to all.
“It is, therefore, with great
hope that we welcome the emergence of Sanwo-Olu, who has promised to run a
participatory government.
“For this reason, we, the
Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria, have decided to align ourselves with
Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and pledge our full support to him in the forthcoming
elections.
“This decision was taken in the
best interest of the environment. We remain committed to servicing the great
residents of the centre of excellence.
“It is time to clean up our city;
we did it before, we are able and willing to actualise the Lagos of our dreams.
“We did not just choose to
support Sanwo-Olu; we looked at the aspirants. We have the incumbent, we have
Femi Hamzat and we have Sanwo-Olu.
“The incumbent, we have seen what
he has to offer when it comes to waste management in the state – there is
nothing he can offer us.
“Then Hamzat, we have not heard
much from his camp; but Sanwo-Olu named the issue of the environment as one of
the critical issues that he is going to tackle,” Oriyomi said.
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