Elijah Ajanu-Ojo

I am just me. I will rather die on a noble cause. Not necessarily moved by what I see or hear.

[Elijah Ajanu-Ojo @ElijahAjanu]

A 5 year old girl, Memunah was kidnapped within a supermart in February 2025 around Ejigbo, Lagos.
The police was invited to assist in rescuing the girl from abduction but till date no success.
We will be glad to have the contact of the parents.

Pic: The abducted girl........

[Elijah Ajanu-Ojo @ElijahAjanu]

@DipoOfLagos Budding Awoist

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@Mrp_junior @tokunbo_wahab You must be a sponsor or a beneficiary of street begging.

[Elijah Ajanu-Ojo @ElijahAjanu]

@tokunbo_wahab Operating within the ambit of global best practice.

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A total of 62 individuals, comprising 29 street beggars and 33 children allegedly being exploited for illegal street begging, were apprehended by operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps during an enforcement operation in the Ajah and Lekki areas of Lagos State.

They have all been transferred to the appropriate authorities for necessary action.

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@tokunbo_wahab 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour’s appearance on Politics Today with Seun Okinbaloye has once again brought Lagos’ waste management and flooding challenges into public discourse. While some of his concerns are legitimate, it is important to distinguish between identifying challenges and acknowledging the concrete efforts being made to address them.

Lagos generates an estimated 13,000–15,000 tonnes of municipal waste daily. In May 2026 alone, LAWMA and PSP operators evacuated approximately 418,500 tonnes, averaging 13,200 tonnes daily. This growing volume is partly driven by Lagos’ expanding population and daily influx of people into the state.

These figures underscore the enormous scale of the responsibility. They do not suggest that every resident receives satisfactory service. We acknowledge collection failures, underperforming PSP operators and operational bottlenecks. However, it is misleading to suggest that Lagos has no plan beyond clearing refuse after it accumulates.

Waste management is an interconnected system. Delays at disposal facilities affect truck turnaround, disrupt collection schedules and eventually create refuse accumulation across neighbourhoods.

At Olusosun, rehabilitation of Road E and additional disposal platforms increased operational efficiency. Truck movements across disposal facilities rose to 1,866 in the week following the intervention, while Olusosun recorded an increase from 574 to 1,012 trips.

Beyond emergency interventions, Lagos is investing in Modern Transfer Loading Stations, Material Recovery Facilities, recycling, composting and the Epe waste-to-energy project. The objective is to transition from decades of pick-and-dump practices to a sustainable system where waste becomes a resource for energy and economic value.

On data transparency, the principle is straightforward: a modern waste management system must measure what it manages. We are strengthening property enumeration, geocoded service locations, GPS tracking, weighbridge measurements, collection records and recovery data. We are also reforming the PSP system, sanctioning and terminating operators where necessary.

But the fundamental questions remain:

* Does every household have an assigned waste collector?
* Is the operator adequately equipped to deliver the service?
* Was the scheduled collection route completed?
* When residents complain, does anyone respond?
* Is collected waste properly treated, recovered or disposed of?
* Why should emergency evacuation become a substitute for reliable daily collection?

These are questions government is answering with measurable performance, not political rhetoric.

The monthly environmental sanitation exercise is not a substitute for an effective waste management system. Government must provide reliable services, while residents and businesses must equally stop indiscriminate dumping into drains, road medians and public spaces.

The conversation should therefore move beyond describing Lagos as “stinky” and focus on measurable outcomes: tonnes collected, routes completed, missed collections, complaint resolution, recurring blackspots and waste diverted from landfills.

Lagos has significant work ahead, and we must acknowledge that honestly. But to suggest that nothing is being done ignores the investments, infrastructure and operational reforms already underway.

As Albert Einstein once said, “Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience.”

Ultimately, the true measure of our work is not the criticism we receive or the adjectives used to describe Lagos, but whether our interventions deliver a cleaner city and a waste management system residents can depend on.

#KOH2027

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@tokunbo_wahab You are our global pride, Comrade HC

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@tokunbo_wahab Lagos leads always

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Following the seven-day flood alert issued by the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NiHSA), I urge all Lagosians, particularly residents of low-lying, riverine, coastal and flood-prone communities, to take the warning seriously and act early.

Areas including Eti-Osa, Lagos Island, Oke-Ira Nla (Ajah), Kirikiri, Ilaje Waterfront, Jetty Terminal B, and communities along the Ogun River and other waterways are advised to remain on high alert from September 19 to 25. Especially low-lying areas and riverbank communities, including Isheri North, Kara, Itowolo, Ajegunle, Majidun, Ogolonto, parts of Agboyi, and other settlements downstream of Isheri Olofin, to remain on high alert during the period 19th to 25th September.

Residents in vulnerable locations should move to safer and higher ground whenever necessary and should not wait for floodwaters to rise before taking action. No property is worth risking a life.

The Lagos State Government is intensifying monitoring of rainfall and river levels and will continue to work with relevant agencies to strengthen flood prevention and response measures.

I also urge residents to keep drains and waterways free of refuse, avoid walking or driving through flooded areas, and rely only on official flood forecasts and advisories.

Our priority remains the protection of lives and property. I encourage everyone to remain calm, vigilant and responsive to safety instructions as we continue to monitor the situation.

#CleanerLagos

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@tokunbo_wahab @drobafemihamzat Happy birthday to His Excellency

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@drobafemihamzat Happy birthday, HE.

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@YomiShogunle Congratulations, Sir!

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@jidesanwoolu Commendable

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Earlier today, I had the honour of representing Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the High-Level Lunch Debate and Business Roundtable on the Future of African Forestry in Lagos.

For me, the conversation was more than just about protecting our forests; it was about recognising them as critical economic assets that can drive investment, create jobs, support livelihoods, strengthen food security and build resilience against climate change.

Africa is losing nearly four million hectares of forest annually, and we cannot continue to rely solely on government funding to confront a challenge of this magnitude. We must mobilise more African capital, attract responsible private-sector investment and build stronger partnerships among governments, financial institutions, investors, development partners and local communities.

I strongly believe that the proposed African Forestry Trust Fund can provide an important platform for Africans to take greater ownership of financing the protection and sustainable management of our forests.

As Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, I remain committed to advancing practical and sustainable environmental solutions that protect our natural resources while creating economic opportunities for our people.

The time has come to move beyond conversations and commitments to concrete action. By investing responsibly in our forests today, we can protect our environment, create opportunities and secure a healthier, more resilient future for generations to come.

[Elijah Ajanu-Ojo @ElijahAjanu]

@tokunbo_wahab @officialABAT You are one of the few that give us hope in this democracy, Sir.

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@tokunbo_wahab We say no to falsehood paddlers in Lagos
#ThisIsLagos

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HOUSE PANEL EXONERATES GBAJABIAMILA IN PFIPC PROBE

A House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has found no evidence that Femi Gbajabiamila approved, established or participated in the org.

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Governor Uba Sani was joined by Nigeria’s football legends, including Daniel Amokachi, Garba Lawal and Emmanuel Babayaro, for an inspection of the ongoing reconstruction of Ahmadu Bello Stadium (ABS), Kaduna.

The FIFA-standard stadium will feature a 33,000 Team SSA Women Affairs

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

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We are building roads, railways and superhighways that will last for a long time.

In our universities, for the first time in a long time, there are no strikes. Our children are in class.

Through NELFUND, student loans are putting education within reach, while affordable credit is going to our civil servants through CreditCorp.

Yet, at precisely the point when the evidence shows that our reforms are beginning to work, some in the opposition are promising Nigerians that they will reverse them.

We will not turn back.

We will not return Nigeria to the policies and distortions we inherited and have spent the last three years correcting. I will not dignify the leaders of the opposition who now seek to take Nigeria back to its dark past by mentioning their names. They know themselves.

Our responsibility now is to ensure that these improving numbers translate more quickly into the lives of our people.

[Elijah Ajanu-Ojo @ElijahAjanu]

@ganiyuobasa2025 @HonWallington Well done