Abia govt seals piggery farm, residential building for alleged environmental pollution

The Abia State Environmental Protection Agency, ASEPA, has sealed a piggery workplace operating astatine Ipupe, Umuahia South LGA of the State, with a good of N2.5m, for its alleged engagement successful practices that could spark a illness outbreak.

ASEPA besides sealed a three-storey gathering astatine Area 5, Agbama Housing Estate successful Umuahia South LGA, aft the occupants allegedly discharged evacuated excreta into nationalist drains.

The General Manager of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency, ASEPA, Ogbonnaya Okereke, who carried retired the sealing exercises, said the actions of the offenders contravened  the basal biology laws of Abia State.

Ogbonnaya, who was represented by ASEPA’s Head of Monitoring, Okpara Macaulay, said an biology Court sitting successful Umuahia authorised the sealing of the compounds.

According to Okereke, the sealing bid was issued by O.C. Ibekwe, the Presiding Magistrate, successful complaint No.AB/ESC/UN/83/2026.

He alleged that the proprietor of the piggery workplace did not get an due operational permit, adding that the proprietor did not instrumentality the indispensable precautions that could forestall the outbreak of infectious diseases successful the country wherever the workplace was sited.

He further expressed concerns that the occupants of a three-stor...