Lagos seals off Redeemed, Mountains of Fire over “noise pollution”

Not less than 17 companies and three churches were sealed off by Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) on Friday for flouting the state environmental law.



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According to the General Manager of the agency, Mr. Adebola Shabi, the affected companies and churches committed offences ranging from noise pollution, oil spillage, unhygienic production process and gas emission.

The companies, which were sealed off due to oil spillage included Veracity, Rolly Poly, Road Network Transport and Seenak Company Limited, while those for noise pollution included Resnova Advertising Limited, a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, two buildings belonging to the Mountains of Fire and Miracle Church.

Shabi explained that the affected companies and churches had earlier been served with abatement notice to report at the LASEPA office within the state secretariat, Alausa, but they had refused to show up for dialogue.

“Over a period of time, we have investigated complaints on sanitation and environmental pollution caused by the operations of these companies and churches and observed that they were not ready to comply with the state law,” he said.

He noted that the affected premises had failed to observe the monthly industrial sanitation exercise and that some of them had obstructed LASEPA officers from performing their duty.