Surprise as Gbadegesin is Reinstated LAWMA MD

Some staff and  officials of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) have expressed surprise at the recent return of  their former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, as the new helmsman.

Gbadegesin was relieved of the same position in May 2020 by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who ordered a forensic audit into the affairs of the authority, following allegations of inappropriateness.

Governor Sanwo-Olu, a no-nonsense man with zero tolerance for sloppiness or corruption, was said to have removed him to ensure an unimpeded forensic audit of the agency.

As things stand, some staff said the forensic audit definitely exonerated Gbadegesin for Governor Sanwo-Olu to have recalled him.

Those who are surprised by the MD’s reemergence, alleged that “racketeering, culminating in large scale fraud was reportedly the order of the day at the time, making the authorities to institute a forensic audit into the affairs of the authority as the alleged misdemeanours  spread by a group of whistleblowers identified as ‘Concerned LAWMA  Operators,’ were to no end.”

However, some staff said they believe that Governor Sanwo-Olu reinstated him because the forensic audit found him innocent, saying “it is one thing to make allegations and it is another thing to prove those allegations are true. It is good that the governor reinstated him since the audit found him not guilty of the allegations.”