Lagos to Deploy 100 New CNG Waste Trucks in 2025, Targets 2,000-Fleet Upgrade
Korede Abdullah 
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government will deploy 100 compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered compactor trucks in 2025 as part of an ambitious plan to modernise waste management and expand its fleet to 2,000 trucks over the next decade.
Managing Director of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, announced this during a media parley in Alausa on Wednesday. He added that from 2026, the state will acquire 200 to 250 trucks annually.
“To keep Lagos clean, we need about 2,000 compactor trucks—1,000 for daily operations and another 1,000 as backup,” he said.
Dr Gbadegesin said the expansion will be supported by a statewide household enumeration and automated billing system that links payments to verified service delivery.
Residents, he noted, are willing to pay for improved waste collection once transparency is guaranteed.
Twenty-two PSP operators were delisted this year for underperformance and replaced with firms meeting operational standards.
To serve hard-to-reach communities, the state will also acquire 500 mobile compactor tricycles by mid-2025, building on successful deployments in Ibeju-Lekki. The initiative will formalise the work of cart pushers, who can now be paid through PSP operators.
Dr Gbadegesin urged residents to stop indiscriminate dumping of refuse and emphasised that “90 per cent of what you throw away has value.”
He also announced plans to decommission the Olusosun and Solous 3 landfill sites within 18 months as Lagos shifts from landfill dependence to modern waste systems.
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