Why We Sealed Charcoal Firm In Nasarawa – NESREA

National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has said that the Jui Jui Universal Investment Company, a charcoal production and export company, in Nasarawa State, was sealed for operating without the necessary environmental documents.
The environmental documents include Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Air Quality Permit, Environmental Audit Report, Waste Management Permit.
NESREA in a statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday said following a deluge of complaints by residents of Agwada on the activities of the company, an inspection was carried out on the facility.

“The compliance monitoring visit revealed that the company was operating without the necessary environmental documents including Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Air Quality Permit, Environmental Audit Report, Waste Management Permit.

“These regulatory requirements are important guides for maintaining standards in all facilities and are perquisites for the establishment of any facility. The EIA particularly guides a facility on how to mitigate any negative impact on the environment caused by operations,” the agency explained.

It further explained that in view of the obvious irregularities in the operations of the company, the agency had issued a stop-work order and advised the operators to abate the environmental infractions, adding that the company, however, violated the stop work order and carried on with their operations without regards to the environment and human health.

This, NESREA said necessitated the sealing of the facility by NESREA on Thursday, 21st March 2024 on the directive of the director-eneral of NESREA, Prof. Aliyu Jauro, who frowned at the non-compliance of the facility to the detriment of the people and their environment.

NESREA urged Nigerians to speak up against any company or individual indulging in activities that portend environmental hazard.