The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has been nominated as one of the four African partners in the GreenVETAfrica project.
This is contained in a statement by the Managing Director, LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, on Monday in Lagos.
Odumboni said that the nomination aligned with the authority’s mandate of providing an efficient and sustainable waste management in Lagos State.
He said that LAWMA would continue to promote a sustainable environment and a circular development model that would transform a linear economy into a circular one.
Odumboni added that the project aligned with the agency’s vision to promote sustainable development and create job opportunities for youths in Lagos.
He said that, as a responsible waste management authority, LAWMA believed that waste is a resource that could be transformed into a valuable asset.
“The GreenVETAfrica project will equip young Nigerians with the skills to manage waste sustainably.
“The project will promote a circular economy and reduce the negative impacts of waste on the environment,” Odumboni said.
He said as one of the beneficiaries of the GreenVETAfrica project, LAWMA would strengthen its training capacities to offer a green waste management vocational training programme to young Nigerians.
Odumboni said that, through innovative digital tools, the programme would equip young Nigerians with the necessary skills to reduce waste and pollution.
“The GreenVETAfrica project will also help to close the existing skills gap and shortage of professional figures, capable of supporting a twin (green and digital) sustainable transition.
“It will design and pilot an innovative VET programme, that will cater for the demands of the market, while helping to mitigate the brain drain from the two African countries, and reduce the risk of illegal and unsafe migration of youth,” Odumboni said.
He said that LAWMA would work closely with the partners to ensure that the project objectives were achieved.
Odumboni that the project would foster official accreditation of the GVA VET programme by both Nigeria and Ghana authorities.
He also said that the project would promote the learners’ employability and increase local employment opportunities.
Odumboni said that the nomination marked a watershed in the agency’s efforts at establishing the culture of environmental sustainability inLagos State.
GreenVETAfrica project is an Erasmus+ project funded by the European Commission to integrate unemployed youth and vulnerable groups into the labour market in Nigeria and Ghana through technical and entrepreneurial training on green waste management.
