Category: Environment

Stakeholders in the environment sector in Lagos State has commended the state House of Assembly for proposing an amendment to the Environmental law to empower the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) The stakeholders gave the commendation at a-Day Public Hearing on “A Law to Amend the Environmental Management and Protection Law 2017 organised by the House Committee on the Environment headed by Hon. Dayo Saka-Fafunmi (Ifako-Ijaiye I). According to the stakeholders, such step is timely to ensure cleaner and healthier environment in the state following the failure of the…

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The Lagos State Government on Monday assured residents that it had put in place necessary measures to address challenges posed by heavy rainfall, as we gradually approach the rainy season. Lagos residents experienced heavy downpour yesterday across the state causing heavy traffic  with many vehicles and pedestrians trapped in the flood. In a joint statement released in Alausa on Monday, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr Fola Adeyemi and his counterpart in the Ministry of the Environment, Mr Abiodun Bamgboye, urged Lagosians to remain calm as the…

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Kunle ADELABU In a bid to ensure that buildings in the state complies with the regulations to prevent the reoccurrence of the unfortunate incident of the building collapse at Ita Faaji in Lagos Island last week’s Wednesday which killed over 20 people, including school children and left many  injured, the Lagos State Government, today (Wednesday, March 20, 2019)  demolished a property belonging to a popular family in Ikorodu with royal connection to Lagos Island. The structure was partially demolished by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA). THE IMPACT gathered…

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Kunle ADELABU A 5-man committee has been setup by the Lagos State Government primarily to investigate the causes of the collapsed structure at Lagos Island, where many residents, including school children, were killed and injured, and make appropriate recommendations. The investigation panel, which was inaugurated at the conference room of the Ministry of Physical Planning & Urban Development on Tuesday (yesterday), has two weeks to submit its report. The collapsed building incident, which involved a three-storey building that housed mainly pupils of a nursery and primary school, claimed at least…

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday approved the immediate lifting of the embargo on the grant of planning permit for the construction of Petrol Filling Stations (PFS), just as he approved the implementation of a reviewed guideline detailing the requirements to be met by operators seeking planning permits for PFS and gas plants in the state. The State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, who made this known in an interview recently (not with THE IMPACT), recalled that the embargo being previously placed on…

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There is an ongoing healing of the ozone layer, findings of a new UN-backed report released on Monday, have shown.   The study, ‘Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018’, is the latest in a series of reports, released every four years, which monitor the recovery of ozone in the stratosphere.   Ozone is a layer that protects life on Earth from harmful layers of ultraviolet rays from the sun.   The study shows that the concentration of ozone-depleting substances continues to decrease, leading to an improvement in the layer since…

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday said existing structures and current realities in waste management in the State reveal deficiencies that do not align with the government’s vision of a smart city. The Governor, who disclosed this at the commemoration of the 2018 World Habitat Day at the Adeyemi-Bero Auditorium, in Ikeja with the theme; “Municipal Solid Waste Management”, said waste generation was a natural phenomenon as a result of human activities and that the challenges of managing solid waste cannot be overemphasized. While acknowledging efforts that previous administrations…

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