PICTORIAL: Lagos Closes Hotels and Poultry Operations Over Noise and Air Pollution

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has shut down several businesses in the Ikorodu area due to environmental violations. Tokunbo Wahab, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, announced this on X.com on Friday.

The statement read, “In a decisive move to address noise, air pollution, and other environmental breaches, LASEPA recently executed a thorough enforcement operation in key areas of Lagos State, including Agric, Ibeshe, and Ikorodu.”

Despite prior warnings, several establishments, including hotels, bars, gas filling stations, poultry farms, and lounges, continued to disregard LASEPA’s directives. As a result, these businesses have been temporarily closed to ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

The affected establishments include Victory Hotel, Wendy Bar, Moore Gas Plant, Provider Farm and Poultry, Cloud 24, Little Palace Hotel, City Groove Lounge and Bar, Destiny Castle, and B.S. Gold Warehouse.

LASEPA emphasized that it has consistently warned businesses about the necessity of adhering to environmental standards and vowed to intensify enforcement efforts to ensure compliance with state environmental laws.

In May, NIGERIANEWS247 reported that LASEPA shut down two popular restaurants, a church, and three other establishments for noise pollution in the Surulere and Orile Iganmu areas of the state.