Ogun seals industry over alleged discharge of wastewater into community river

The Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency, OGEPA, has sealed Bonny Pie Industry, located successful Akinbo Township, Ewekoro Local Government Area, implicit allegations of biology contamination arising from the discharge of wastewater into a assemblage river.

The enactment was carried retired connected the directive of the General Manager of OGEPA, Kehinde Bello, done the agency’s Enforcement Unit on Wednesday.

DAILY POST learnt that the sealing followed a petition submitted by the Olu of Akinbo, Oba Rasheed Olamilekan.

In the petition, the accepted ruler raised concerns that the institution had been discharging untreated wastewater into a stream serving the Akinbo community, thereby posing imaginable biology and nationalist wellness risks to residents.

Upon receiving the complaint, OGEPA’s Enforcement Unit promptly visited the installation to measure the concern and verify the allegations contained successful the petition.

Following a preliminary inspection, the bureau sealed the manufacture to forestall further envir...