By The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, terminated the contracts of some operators with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority for violating their terms of agreement with the government.
Consequently, earlier reports suggests that the Lagos State Government was being defrauded millions of naira by LAWMA contractors.
Blackboxnigeria learnt that, the contractors, of whom majority are politicians, allegedly increased the wage bills of the street sweepers and supervisors, as the Lagos Government pays the contractors over N560m monthly.
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership had called for the involvement of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, as well as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other relater Offenses Commission, as an ongoing audit of LAWMA revealed that huge sums of money have been going to ghost workers.
In response, LAWMA, via a statement, terminated all those indicted in the audit.
Part of the statement reads “The Lagos State Waste Management Authority has announced the immediate termination of all street-sweeping briefs awarded to some companies found involved in practices violating their contracts. ”
