Isheri oil spillage: LASEPA asks NNPC to avert disaster.
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday called on the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation to urgently repair the burst pipes at Diamond Housing Estate, Isheri, Lagos to avert a fire disaster.
Its General Manager, Shabi Adebola urged the Corporation to clean up the extensive damage caused by the oil spillage in the area.
Adebola said the oil spillage at Diamond Estate and its environs has been on for some years due to the activity of vandals and rupture of the Corporation pipes.
According to him, Though some cleanup exercise was carried out in the past, more still need to be done to make the area safe from imminent disaster.
Adebola said wells and streams in the area have been polluted and stressed the need to mop up oil from the ground in the area to avert disaster.
He said stakeholders have started brainstorming on how to avert disaster, saying the Agency has commenced an Environmental Impact Assessment to determine the extent of the damage.
Adebola appealed to the Federal Government to act fast to stop the spillage as well as end the activity of vandals scooping fuel from the bursts.
He said the state government is worried at the spread of the spillage towards the main campus of the Lagos State University.
Adebola called on residents to be safety conscious, assuring them that the state was working towards finding a permanent solution to the problem.
He informed that no fewer than ten companies were sanctioned by the Agency last year for falling to comply with environmental laws, saying the agency would intensify efforts to ensure more compliance to make Lagos State safer in the new year.
The Agency Boss identified inadequate number of laboratories for testing samples and lack of vehicles as some of the challenges facing the agency and appealed to government and corporate bodies to come to its aid.
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday called on the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation to urgently repair the burst pipes at Diamond Housing Estate, Isheri, Lagos to avert a fire disaster.
Its General Manager, Shabi Adebola urged the Corporation to clean up the extensive damage caused by the oil spillage in the area.
Adebola said the oil spillage at Diamond Estate and its environs has been on for some years due to the activity of vandals and rupture of the Corporation pipes.
According to him, Though some cleanup exercise was carried out in the past, more still need to be done to make the area safe from imminent disaster.
Adebola said wells and streams in the area have been polluted and stressed the need to mop up oil from the ground in the area to avert disaster.
He said stakeholders have started brainstorming on how to avert disaster, saying the Agency has commenced an Environmental Impact Assessment to determine the extent of the damage.
Adebola appealed to the Federal Government to act fast to stop the spillage as well as end the activity of vandals scooping fuel from the bursts.
He said the state government is worried at the spread of the spillage towards the main campus of the Lagos State University.
Adebola called on residents to be safety conscious, assuring them that the state was working towards finding a permanent solution to the problem.
He informed that no fewer than ten companies were sanctioned by the Agency last year for falling to comply with environmental laws, saying the agency would intensify efforts to ensure more compliance to make Lagos State safer in the new year.
The Agency Boss identified inadequate number of laboratories for testing samples and lack of vehicles as some of the challenges facing the agency and appealed to government and corporate bodies to come to its aid.
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