Lagos seals properties, healthcare facility over illegal sewage disposal

The Lagos State Government has sealed respective properties, including a healthcare facility, implicit the amerciable discharge of untreated sewage into nationalist drains and the unfastened situation arsenic portion of efforts to curb wastewater-related violations crossed the state.

A connection by the authorities authorities said the enforcement workout was carried retired by the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office, LSWMO, aft discovering that immoderate spot owners and installation operators were engaging successful improper sewage disposal practices susceptible of polluting the situation and endangering nationalist health.

In the latest operation, the bureau sealed 3 properties astatine Nos. 39, 41 and 43, James Okiki Street, Oko-Oba, for discharging earthy sewage into the environment.

The properties were unopen down for practices described by the bureau arsenic nationalist nuisance, biology contamination and a menace to the wellness of residents.

LSWMO besides sealed Darvinks Healthcare, located astatine No. 13, Hollandia Way, Ajao Estate, Isolo, for allegedly discharging sewage straight into nationalist drains with a pumping instrumentality alternatively of utilizing an authorised sewage evacuation work provider.

The bureau said the signifier amounted to a superior biology usurpation with consequences for nationalist sanitation and quality health.

Speaking connected the enforcement activities, the General Manager of LSWMO, Engr. Adefemi Afolabi, reaffirmed the agency's committedness to taking enactment against spot owners and installation operators who neglect to co...