LASEPA seals 367 buildings over environmental law infractions

Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has revealed that 367 buildings were unopen down for violating biology issues that included sound contamination and improper effluent discharge crossed the state.

The Commissioner for Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this astatine the ongoing ministerial property briefing to people the archetypal twelvemonth of 2nd word of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu successful office.

Wahab said: “The ministry during the play nether reappraisal done its State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) undertook 367 enforcement activities successful households, markets, hotels, warehouses, work centers, eateries, stores, church, mosques arsenic good arsenic 140 hospitality facilities including; supermarket, nightclubs, cook houses with a presumption to ensuring compliance with the authorities biology laws.”

He added that 76 abatement notices were served to individuals and organisations for violating laws connected the indiscriminate discharge of earthy sewerage into the lagoon oregon different forms of h2o and onshore pollution.

The commissioner nevertheless said that a 25 per cent compliance complaint with biology laws was recorded compared to the erstwhile year.

“LASEPA is committed to combating biology threats, make a steadfast manner and a tranquil situation that is symbolic of astute cities specified arsenic Lagos and the bureau has been astatine the forefront of the combat against sound contamination which has recorded precise important success.

“The bureau besides engaged successful advocacy and sensitization programmes done investigative visits to communities, industries and different nationalist places to amended residents connected the request to trim atrocious aerial prime for steadfast surviving and greenish environment.

“LASEPA squad was successful Ago Egun, Ilaje Community successful Bariga, Abattoir successful Agege and different communities towards achieving improved aerial prime for steadfast living.”

In its bid to combat sound pollution, helium said Lagos State done LASEPA organised assorted sound consciousness advocacies, 1 of which was the commemoration of the International Noise Awareness Day and the 8th variation of the Noiseless Lagos Campaign held astatine LASEPA premises arsenic good arsenic different sound enlightenment campaigns wherever implicit 200 participants person benefitted from the escaped proceeding test.