Nigerian govt orders immediate closure of Ogun factory

The Federal Government has ordered the contiguous shutdown of African Refractory and Allied Products Company, ARAP, implicit concerns astir unsafe moving conditions that allegedly enactment employees astatine superior wellness risk.

The directive was issued by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, pursuing an inspection conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Department of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.

The inspection took spot astatine the company’s installation situated on the Ikorodu–Sagamu Expressway successful Ogijo, Ogun State.

In a connection released by the ministry’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Annah Daniel, the authorities confirmed that a Prohibition Notice had been issued, starring to the contiguous closure of the mill pending the result of a elaborate investigation.

According to the ministry, the enactment followed aggregate reports alleging unsafe conditions astatine the facility, peculiarly the vulnerability of workers to silica dust, a hazardous substance linked to superior occupational wellness problems.

Initial findings from the inspection besides highlighted concerns implicit regulatory compliance. These see issues related to the renewal of the company’s operational licence arsenic good arsenic discrepancies betwixt its officially declared activities and the quality of its existent accumulation operations.

The ministry noted ...