The Ogun State Government has shut Maths Metal Recycling Limited in Sagamu LGA over industrial pollution after it deliberately released contaminated oil into its immediate environment.
The Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, said the government shut the company after several warnings were not heeded by the management of the company.
Oresanya said the company “deliberately punctured holes at the back of its premises to discharge contaminated oil into its immediate environment instead of installing retention tanks within its premises where the bad oil and other solvents are supposed to be treated.
“By doing this, the management of Maths Metal has not only caused pollution, but has committed a criminal act that is punishable under the Ogun State Environmental Sanitation Laws, as their deliberate action has adversely affected residents of the community living around them.
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“The state government will now have to establish the extent of damage done to the well-being of members of the community, especially the percolation of the contaminated oil on their underground water.”
Oresanya warned other industries operating in the state against pollution and other environmental infractions, saying it would not be business as usual as the state government would not shy away from protecting its residents from environmental hazards.
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