The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has sealed a Kano-based company for violating environmental laws.
The company, Aspira Nigeria Limited located along Hadejia Road in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state, was sealed by the North West Zonal Director, Mudashir Raheem and his team on Friday.
“Today, we have come to seal this company for not complying with some relevant environmental laws, such as the disposal of their waste and untreated effluents.
“We are expected to manage the environment and not to destroy it.
“If we must site a company, we are expected to follow and comply with relevant laws put in place to protect the integrity of the environment.
“We have issued compliance notice thrice; also, we issued two abatement notices as warning, but the company failed to comply and we have no option than to apply the law,’’ he said.
He said the company has to correct the anomalies before it can reopen
Raheem said lacks a functional effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) and was discharging of untreated Wastewater/Effluent into the environment.
He said the expansion of production and storage facilities was without site-specific Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
“Parameters such as pH, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Turbidity, and Appearance were not within NESREA Permissible Standards during the In-Situ Analysis of the wastewater at the outlet of the company,” he stressed.
The director said all the offences threaten the environment (water bodies, land, neighbouring communities), which he said necessitated the sealing of the company over non-compliance with the timeline on the Abatement Notice issued on April 19, 2023.
