Nigeria, Nov. 9 -- Lagos governorship candidates on Sunday disagreed over how to address the state's waste management crisis, with proposals ranging from returning a greater role to local governments to investing in recycling and waste recovery facilities.

The candidates spoke at a governorship debate in Lagos, where they also faced questions about their political records, experience in public office, party affiliations and the 2020 #EndSARS protests.

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) described Lagos as a state that stinks, blaming years of poor management for the deterioration in refuse collection.

He rejected the argument that population growth was mainly responsible, saying the state had managed its wast...