Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- The Lagos State Government says it will soon decommission major landfills that have outlived their usefulness as part of renewed efforts to improve waste management and promote environmental sustainability across the state.

The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said this on Wednesday in a post on X (formerly Twitter) after a strategic meeting with all 57 local government and local council development areas' chairpersons.

Mr Wahab said the initiative to stop the use of the landfill sites is part of the government's broader plan to build a cleaner, flood-free Lagos through stronger coordination between state and local authorities.

"We are decommissioning landfills like Olusosun and S...