- The closure was prompted by the alleged improper discharge of raw sewage into the environment
On Wednesday, the Lagos State Government took action by closing a Jumia outlet on Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba. The closure was prompted by the alleged improper discharge of raw sewage into the environment.
Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab, from the Health and Water Resources Ministry, revealed this through an official statement on Wednesday, highlighting that the state’s Wastewater Management Office conducted the operation.
The statement read, “The Lagos State Government through the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO) @lswmomedia saddled with the responsibility of managing all wastewater activities in the state under the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources @LasgMOE today (Wednesday) sealed the Jumia outlet in Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba for illegal discharge of Sewage into the environment.
“The Jumia facility engaged the use of a submersible pumping machine to pump raw sewage from its sewage holding tanks directly into the environment on adjoining drainage outlets and road setbacks,” he explained.
The commissioner vowed that the owners of the property “will be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of the Lagos State Environmental Management Protection Law, 2017.”