Master’s thesis Environmental Management Assessment of the Source Separation of Household Solid Wastes in Nigeria

Figure 5. Open surface drainage blocked with plastic waste in Agbado/Oke-Odo LCDA, Lagos

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Adedara, M.L
Adedara, M.L, Adedara, M.L, Summary of Doctoral Research Structure - FINAL SUBMITTED- ADEDARA, Adedara, M.L

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Figure 5. Open surface drainage blocked with plastic waste in Agbado/Oke-Odo LCDA, Lagos. Similar scenarios were seen across the 6 LCDAs. Researcher’s field photograph, Lagos, March 2018.

The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria stipulates that, the management of municipal solid waste, part of which is household solid waste is the responsibility of the third tier of government (the local government, which is the government closest to the people (Nigerian Constitution, 1999). However, given the inability of the local governments across Nigeria to
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19 efficiently and effectively carryout this challenging constitutional responsibility (partly due to funding challenges and technical deficiencies, states across the Nigerian federation took on the responsibility by establishing state waste disposal/management authorities examples are
LAWMA, OYOWMA, ESWMB, etc. In Lagos, by the newly enacted Environmental

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