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The Ogun State Government through its Environmental Protection Agency (OGEPA), has sealed 4 Industries for not installing an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) in their facility.
The sealed Industries are, New Era Packaging Limited, Nifong Material Company Limited, Xinfeng Renewable Resources Limited and Prorich Products Nigeria Limited, located along Abeokuta-Sagamu Express way, Isheri in Ifo Local Government Area, and Lagos-Ibadan express way respectively.
Speaking with newsmen shortly after the enforcement on Thursday, Special Adviser to the Governor on Environmental Protection Agency (OGEPA), Farouk Akintunde, said ETP was a facility designed to treat and purify waste water before been discharged into the water body.
Akintunde, who doubles as the Chairman of the State’s Task Force on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, said industries needed ETP to treat and manage waste water generated from their operation, which if not treated could pose health risk to human and wildlife.
He said, “Untreated waste water can harm humans and aquatic life, contaminate water source and damage ecosystem, ETP helps remove pollutant and toxic, ensuring a safer environment.”
The OGEPA boss added that the sealed Industries also flouted other offences which included, violation of stop work order and air pollution.
