NESREA seals 13 facilities in FCT over ‘violation of environmental regulations’

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has sealed 13 facilities in the federal capital territory (FCT) for “not complying with environmental regulations”.

The facilities sealed are 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.

Speaking with journalists on Friday after the sealing exercise, Aliyu Jauro, director-general of NESREA, said the facilities were sealed for various environmental crimes.

Jauro, who was represented by Abdulsalam Isa, director, inspection and enforcement in the agency, said due process was followed in closing down the facilities.

“As part of the NESREA mandate to ensure compliance as well as enforce compliance with extant environmental standards, guidelines, rules and regulations in Nigeria,” NAN quoted him as saying.

“The agency embarked on enforcement to seal 13 recalcitrant facilities in the federal capital territory, Abuja, on Friday.

“NESREA sealed a total of 13 facilities in the FCT for various environmental crimes.”

Jauro said the facilities failed to abate environmental concerns ranging from environmental impact assessment (EIA), environmental audit (EA), environmental management plans, and environmental permit.

“A total of 10 facilities in the green sector and three in the brown sector were sealed,” he said.

“The agency had followed due process in clamping down these facilities after exhausting all relevant communications in respect of their environmental status.

“It was observed that some of the facilities earlier sealed had broken the federal government seals.

“However, such facilities are to face punitive measures for their actions.”