By Oluwatoyin Adegoke
The Ogun State Government has suspended three environmental consultancy firms over professional negligence linked to alleged acid battery pollution in the Ogijo area of the state.
The suspension follows findings from a process audit of closed Used Lead Acid Battery, ULAB, recycling companies in the area.
The affected firms are Vyne Nurt Limited, Core Environmental Services Limited, and Saag Chemicals Nigeria Limited.
The Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Ola Oresanya, announced the decision during a review meeting held at the Ministry of Environment Conference Room, State Secretariat, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
Dr. Oresanya said the firms were found culpable during the audit process.
He explained that pollution abatement devices expected to be installed by the firms were either missing or not installed at all.
The Commissioner said this amounted to clear professional negligence.
He said the state had no option but to suspend the firms from all environmental consultancy services in Ogun State.
According to him, the suspension will remain until the firms are able to clear their names of all complicity allegations.
Dr. Oresanya added that the Federal Ministry of Environment and the National Environmental Standards and Enforcement Agency, NESREA, have been formally notified of the state’s decision.
He said the firms’ operations will remain suspended pending their exoneration.
Edited by Maxwell Oyekunle
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