Seven cities are to benefit from the
integrated solid waste management facilities to be established by the
Federal Ministry of Environment, Garba Ahmad, Deputy Director, Federal
Ministry of Environment, said on Monday in Abuja.

According to Mr. Ahmad the facilities
were material recovery facility centre, composing plant, incinerator,
plastic recycling plant and land-filling plant and will be installed in
Kano, Uyo, Onitsha, Lagos, Kaduna, Maiduguri and Otta in Ogun.

He said under the first phase of
programme, the federal government undertook feasibility studies of 15
cities faced with acute environmental challenges.

He said the second phase of the
programme would involve a Public-Private Partnership arrangement
between the seven selected state governments, federal government and
the private sector.