The Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency has sealed off a residential building in Adabata area in the Ilorin metropolis in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state over an alleged violation of the environmental laws.
A statement by the Press Secretary, KWEPA, Jamiu Amode made available to the press on Sunday, the building which is located at Alagbede Compound, Ita-Elefun, Adabata Area in Ilorin, was sealed off at about 2:00pm on Friday for environmental infractions.
The Acting General Manager of the Agency, Idayat Adeola, who was represented during the enforcement exercise by Sanitarian Abigail Are, explained that “the Agency received a complaint from an insider in the community that occupants of the building expose human excreta to the atmosphere through their defective soak away.
According to the agency, the leakage of the soak away if not properly checked may cause the outbreak of diseases which may affect the health of the people in the community which is very dangerous to the people in the state.
“The act of the occupants of the house is very dangerous to the health of inhabitants of the area, adding that the decision to seal off the house was to enforce compliance with the environmental laws and prevent the community from the epidemic, due to the carelessness of the occupants of the building.”
She said the act of the occupants is liable to cause infectious diseases such as cholera contrary to the provision of health and environmental law and urged the general public to complement government efforts in the fight against open defecation in order to prevent outbreak of diseases, the statement said.
It would be recalled that the state government had advised landlords in the state to provide toilet facilities in their houses in an effort to stop open defecation in the state.
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