Health

The recent announcement by Lagos State’s Commissioner for Environment, banning Styrofoam boxes and single-use plastics with immediate effect, caught many by surprise, especially those in the informal sector. However, for entities in the formal sector like fast food chains and supermarkets, this should have been an anticipated development. These businesses had a prime opportunity to spearhead the sustainability agenda, but instead, they found themselves reacting to the state government’s decision.

What informs your choice? When it comes to making decisions, it is not about being right all the time, but about being certain that our decisions are right most of the time. This means making sure to consider all the evidence and consider multiple perspectives before deciding. And we should be willing to adjust our decisions when presented with facts and newer information; not grandstand when we are corrected or try to justify our actions simply because people on the other side did the same…

You probably thought 2021 was going to come, we exchange pleasantries and things will revert to normal? Newsflash! The pandemic