The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, on Friday, sealed 13 facilities in the Federal Capital Territory for non-compliance to environmental regulations.
The Director-General of NESREA, Aliyu Jauro, who was represented by the Director of Inspection and Enforcement in the agency, Abdulsalam Isa, said the facilities were sealed for various environmental crimes.
Mr. Jauro guaranteed that due process was followed in closing down the facilities.
The facilities sealed were Veritas Plastics, Almat Farms, Dayak Nigeria Limited, FIK Contracting Limited, Salis Ventilated Homes Ltd and Peachville Estate.
Others are Net Construction Nigeria Limited, Sazak Acre Bilogue, Coppa D’alberto Ltd, Efab Properties Ltd, Homes, Phinada Mill and Skippers Electronics.
Mr Jauro explained that the facilities were shut down for failing to address environmental concerns ranging from Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Audit (EA), Environmental Management Plans, and Environmental Permit among others.
According to him, these environmental concerns included both the “Green” and “Brown” environment.
“A total of 10 facilities in the green sector and three in the brown sector were sealed.
“The agency had followed due process in clamping down on these facilities after exhausting all relevant communications in respect of their environmental status,” he said.
He mentioned that some of the sealed facilities had broken the Federal Government Seals and would face penal measures for their actions.
Jauro said the enforcement would be replicated in all the states of the federation.
“The agency frowns at the high level of non-compliance of facilities to environmental laws of the land and will go ahead to replicate enforcement in all states of the federation,” he said
