20 pollution and release of harmful gases that depletes the ozone layer (Kofoworola, 2007). A recent casein point in March 2018 (while the researcher was on fieldwork in Lagos) is the sudden fire outbreak at Olushosun landfill in Lagos caused by waste decomposition and the presence of hazardous materials resulting in methane gas explosion. The heavy fumes from the fire emanating from this site spanned over a large coverage area as the picture suggests (
refer to figure 3 above). The government of Lagos, inundated by incessant complaints about the
ineffectiveness of the PSPs, amongst other things began a public sensitisation that it would terminate the contract of the PSPs to pave way for Visionscape under its new Cleaner Lagos Initiative. This was achieved in March 2017. Under the new arrangement, Visionscape, from the
UAE now collects MSW (household
and commercial solid waste, handles landfill and transfer loading stations operations while LAWMA regulates these operations inline with international best practices (LAWMA, 2018).
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