TECHDIGEST – Trashpays Services have over the past years involve in providing services on waste management. The company since its inception has encouraged youth participation in environmental conservation and management. Their contribution earn them the mandate to represent Nigeria at the 2021 Global Manufacturing and Industrial Summit (GMIS) in Dubai.

The Enterprise also continued to receive recognition and became affiliate and partner of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) on Waste Wise Cities and African Clean Cities forums, discussing on issues of solid waste management in line with the Global Sustainable Goals (GSGs).

Presently, the enterprise is invited to the eleventh session of the World Urban Forum 11 (WUF) that would be held at the International Congress Centre in Katowice, Poland from 26 to 30 June 2022 to discuss co-creating an inclusive, safe, resilient sustainable urban future.

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On 21 June, Trashpays Services received an invitation letter from the Federal Ministry of Environment to discuss on proposed partnership and endorsement request by the company. The Ministry through the Deputy Director, Pollution Control and Environmental Health, Alhaji A.B Usman received the management of Trashpays at the Solid Waste Management Division.

The Chief Executive Officer of Trashpays Service Mr. Ikechukwu Odiri spoke on behave of the management of the company on the core mandate of the enterprise and why the intervention was necessary in the most populous black Nation of the World.

The CEO emphasized the adoption of technology in solving the solid waste challenge we face in urban cities. Describing the development and use of Information Technology as a tool to involve more households, businesses, industries in solid waste management.

During the presentation, Mr. Ikechukwu stressed on the need of inclusiveness of women and female adolescents on environmental sanitation practice, stating that Trashpays services have done training and workshops on waste to wealth entrepreneurship programme, teaching women on possible ways they can transform waste items to resources.

The Deputy Director, Alhaji Usman on his part,  wanted to be clear of the impact of the company on retaining skillsets thought to the participants of Trashpays waste to wealth programme.

The CEO further shared his experience when he encountered one of the trainee, he said the lady was happy to have acquired the skillset and went further to start producing her own bags from plastic materials. However, he concluded by saying, the government of Nigeria needs to continue to support and encourage the business community on addressing the issue of sanitation literacy and circular economy.

The meeting was a fruitful engagement of practitioners of safe environment. The Ministry gave a nod to Trashpays Services, and promise to work closely with the enterprise through endorsement and partnership.

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TECHDIGEST – Another young Abusite, Atabor Hamza Adenoyi from Kogi State has made history in the department of electronics and telecommunications engineering at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria when he bagged a first-class degree in style.

With a 4.83/5.00 CGPA, the young Abusite graduated with the best Undergraduate results from the Department since its establishment at ABU Zaria in 2013.

Celebrating his academic feat, Adenoyi appreciated God for achieving the best result in the department and expresses his wishes to undertake his master’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He said, “At 17, I left the department of Biological sciences in my 2nd year to pursue a degree in engineering, after setting my mind straight to explore my hidden potentials. It wasn’t easy, to begin with, but the determination to keep going gave me the push I needed in those moments…

“If I were asked to define the entirety of my experience, I would say that I am focused on development, moving from where I am to where I want to be. After making efforts to acquire ICT-related skills (in programming), I was compelled to learn computer networking.

He was part of the contingent of Six students of Ahmadu Bello University who received the Vice Chancellor’s Award in 2021 for outstanding performance at the Huawei Nigeria ICT Competition.

The Competition, which was the fifth in the series, had a participation record of almost 15,000 students from over 2,000 colleges and universities in more than 82 countries and regions globally.

Atabor Hamza Adenoyi led the team the earned first prize in Network Track globally. Others include Emmanuel Abba and Hamza Beita. According to him, Spending time with his team strengthened his passion for learning and gave him more ideas to develop creative ways to teach people.

He expressed appreciation to the head of departmental, Dr. A. D. Usman, his lecturers, family, and friends for supporting him through this journey.

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