LASG shuts FarmsCity, Quilox, others for Covid violations
*Warns residents not to engage in activities that would spread Coronavirus
By Ayodele Adedigba
LAGOS State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has sealed Farms City, Quilox Pool and Bar, as well as two other facilities at Ajah area of the state for contravening different sections of the State Environmental Law and the directives of the State Government.
The facilities were sealed for contravening the state government’s order on Coronavirus issue.
Two other entertainment and restaurant outlets, namely Page One in Ajah and Bien Mange in Abraham Adesanya Estate, were also sealed.
Speaking on the enforcement exercise, the General Manager of LASEPA, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe disclosed that the action by the Agency was in line with the Environmental Management and Protection Law of 2017.
She said: “The agency acted following a tip-off from a whistle blower, alleging traffic congestion, flagrant disobedience of the environmental laws (public smoking and noise pollution) as well as non compliance of the COVID-19 safety protocols.
“Upon arrival, the team noticed several infractions and identified same to the management, which led to clearing out the fun seekers and shutting down the facility pending full investigations.”
She further stated that during the exercise, which was carried out in the late hours of last Saturday and early hours of Sunday along Lekki-Ajah axis, two other entertainment and restaurant outlets, namely Page One in Ajah and Bien Mange in Abraham Adesanya Estate were also sealed.
The General Manager averred that the operation was aimed at identifying environmental violations across the various facilities visited, but could not afford to ignore the level of non-compliance to COVID-19 protocols in all the sealed facilities.
Citing the instance of the Bien Mange Restaurant and Bar located in a residential area in Abraham Adesanya Estate, she observed that such development would be a nuisance to other residents in the Estate through noise pollution and discharge of waste materials into drainages
She, however, informed all residents of the State that the relaxation of the lockdown does not authorise anyone to engage in activities that would accelerate the spread of COVID-19
By Ayodele Adedigba
LAGOS State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has sealed Farms City, Quilox Pool and Bar, as well as two other facilities at Ajah area of the state for contravening different sections of the State Environmental Law and the directives of the State Government.
The facilities were sealed for contravening the state government’s order on Coronavirus issue.
Two other entertainment and restaurant outlets, namely Page One in Ajah and Bien Mange in Abraham Adesanya Estate, were also sealed.
Speaking on the enforcement exercise, the General Manager of LASEPA, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe disclosed that the action by the Agency was in line with the Environmental Management and Protection Law of 2017.
She said: “The agency acted following a tip-off from a whistle blower, alleging traffic congestion, flagrant disobedience of the environmental laws (public smoking and noise pollution) as well as non compliance of the COVID-19 safety protocols.
“Upon arrival, the team noticed several infractions and identified same to the management, which led to clearing out the fun seekers and shutting down the facility pending full investigations.”
She further stated that during the exercise, which was carried out in the late hours of last Saturday and early hours of Sunday along Lekki-Ajah axis, two other entertainment and restaurant outlets, namely Page One in Ajah and Bien Mange in Abraham Adesanya Estate were also sealed.
The General Manager averred that the operation was aimed at identifying environmental violations across the various facilities visited, but could not afford to ignore the level of non-compliance to COVID-19 protocols in all the sealed facilities.
Citing the instance of the Bien Mange Restaurant and Bar located in a residential area in Abraham Adesanya Estate, she observed that such development would be a nuisance to other residents in the Estate through noise pollution and discharge of waste materials into drainages
She, however, informed all residents of the State that the relaxation of the lockdown does not authorise anyone to engage in activities that would accelerate the spread of COVID-19
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