The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has sealed two facilities in Kogi and Abaji in the Federal Capital Territory for violating extant environmental laws.
The Chief Press Secretary, NESREA, Mrs Amaka Ejiofor made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
She said Geld Construction Ltd, located in Abaji and Arno Energy, a charcoal production facility in Okaba, Kogi were sealed for not conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of their facilities.
Ejiofor said that they were also sealed because they did not have the requisite environmental documents such as an air quality permit, environmental audit report, and waste management permit.
She said that the regulatory requirements were important in maintaining standards across all facilities.
”The EIA provides guidance on mitigating the negative impact of a facility’s operations on the environment,” she said.
Ejiofor said that the facilities were also not carrying out their activities in an environmentally friendly manner, leading to negative impact on the residents of the host communities and their environment.
She said that procedural steps, including the issuance of notices of compliance concerns, had been taken to compel the facilities to abate their infractions.
”Their failure to do so led to the closure of the facilities to save human health and the environment,” she said.
She said that the Director–General, of NESREA, Dr Innocent Barikor enjoined industry operators to ensure that their activities and operations are in line with the provisions of the law.
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