Lagos launches Ikosi Fruit Market Biodigester Plant

In Nigeria, Lagos State Government and the C40 Cities on Monday collaborated to launch and hand over the iconic Ikosi Fruit Market Biodigester Plant for the conversion of generated organic waste into energy.

Speaking during the Launch and Handing over ceremony, held at the Ketu Fruit Market, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab said that the facility is a resounding success for Ikosi community, the State and for generations to come.

He said Lagos State and C40 cities is not commissioning a facility but unveiling a vision on how Lagos can turn the everyday challenges into powerful opportunities, saying the Biogas Plant represents a bold step in re-imagining waste, not as a burden, but as a valuable resource that can drive sustainability, resilience and inclusive growth.

He emphasized that the bio-gas would be used for electricity and cooking gas while the high-quality organic fertilizer can be packaged and sold back to the local farmers in order to strengthen the resilience of the food system by improving the soils, closing the nutrient loop and promoting sustainable agriculture.

He added that the facility will systematically collect the market’s organic waste and feed it into an anaerobic digester saying in this controlled environment, natural bacteria will break down the waste without oxygen to produce biogas, and in doing so will carry out a remarkable process of biological transformation that yields two invaluable products, biogas and biofertilizer.