The Lagos State Wastewater Administration Workplace (LSWMO) on Monday, September 8, 2025, sealed EMCEL Courtroom Section I and Properly Inventory Residences, each positioned on Lantana Avenue, Ikota GRA, Eti-Osa, for illegally discharging wastewater into public drains and the surroundings.
The disclosure was conveyed in an X publish by the Lagos State Commissioner for Atmosphere and Water Assets, Tokunbo Wahab, through his official account on Monday.
He defined that the enforcement motion adopted findings that the services had been intentionally releasing untreated wastewater, which constituted a public nuisance, posed environmental dangers, and endangered human well being.
“The Lagos State Wastewater Administration Workplace (LSWMO), on Monday, eighth September, 2025, sealed off EMCEL Courtroom- Section I, and Properly Inventory Residences, each on Lantana Avenue, Ikota GRA, Eti-Osa, Lagos for deliberate discharge of wastewater into public drains and the surroundings thereby inflicting public nuisance, environmental air pollution and endangering human life,” Wahab’s publish learn partly.
The Commissioner additional urged Lagos residents to embrace correct wastewater administration and hygiene practices, noting that that is vital to sustaining a secure and wholesome surroundings throughout the state.
What you need to know
The Lagos State Authorities has intensified its crackdown on environmental air pollution, stepping up enforcement to make sure compliance with sanitation legal guidelines throughout the state.
Over the previous 12 months, quite a few institutions—together with church buildings, motels, and industrial services in areas equivalent to Ikeja, Mushin, Gbagada, and Maryland—have been sealed for flouting environmental rules.
In June 2025, the state authorities sealed a residential property at No. 59, Ajoke Okusanya Avenue, off In the past Palace Method in Okota, after it was discovered to be channeling uncooked sewage from a septic tank into the general public drainage system.
- Equally, in September 2024, the Lagos State Environmental Safety Company (LASEPA) shut down a number of services, together with Important Merchandise Restricted, A & P Nigeria Restricted, Well mannered Anchorage and Suites, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Terrag Inn Condominium, Night Class Visitor Home, Celestial Church of God, a printing press, Charley’s Bar, and seventh Heaven Lodge & Suites.
The enforcement drive has not been restricted to residential or industrial properties. Main markets equivalent to Mile 12, Ladipo, and Oyingbo had been additionally quickly closed till operators met the federal government’s sanitary and environmental necessities.
Quick meals retailers, eating places, and motels have equally confronted sanctions for discharging waste into public drains.
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