By Edith Igbokwe
Controversy over high waste bills issued by Private Sector Participants (PSPs) operating in Oshodi-Isolo LGA- Excellence Link and TUNAP- was resolved last week as both firms agreed with the Community Development Committee to N50 cut in the waste bills of a single room.
This means occupants of single rooms will pay N400 per month for their waste instead of the N450 the operators had fixed in a recent review of their charges.
ECHONEWS learnt that the new agreement will hold till December this year indicating that the charge may be reviewed in January next year to enable the managers cope with the rising cost of operations.
Both agreed to monitor the cost of diesel and maintenance of trucks used to operate the service and resume talks if the cost continues to soar.
However, the CDC Chairman, Alhaji Adisa Olawoyin, who noted the plight of the PSP operators due to the high cost of running the company, pleaded with the PSPs to also consider the poor masses whose incomes have not increased despite the hard economy of the country.
Meanwhile, Oriyomi told ECHONEWS that the N50 reduction from the bill will greatly affect the PSP operators in Oshodi, claiming that they do not enjoy government’s subsidy on waste management as others despite the increase in diesel from N255 to N265 per litre in the last two months.
He reiterated that the stability of the economy can’t be guaranteed by anyone, adding that the operators have been suffering a hard time as a result of constant price increase of operational costs.
“If the economy improves and diesel price falls from N265 to N240 per litre, we can maintain the same N400 charge per room monthly but if it goes up more than that, it won’t work out that way, we won’t be able to sustain the N400 charge.”
He charged the community leaders to be mindful of the agreement that the charge will go up again in January 2022 if prices continue to increase.
