{"id":57253,"date":"2024-11-28T15:39:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57253"},"modified":"2024-11-28T15:39:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:39:32","slug":"lagos-shuts-down-hotels-churches-businesses-over-environmental-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/28\/lagos-shuts-down-hotels-churches-businesses-over-environmental-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Shuts Down Hotels, Churches, Businesses Over Environmental Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Faith Adama<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To curb environmental violations, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), has temporarily closed several businesses; including hotels, churches, and bars\u2014across key areas of the state for non-compliance with environmental regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The closures, which took place in Mushin, Amuwo Odofin, and Okota Isolo, are part of the state\u2019s ongoing crackdown on noise pollution and other environmental concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Among the affected establishments are notable businesses like Daily Bakery, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Gak Universal Allied Limited, and Franjane Royal Suites.<\/p>\n<p>Other closures include Golden Haven Resort &amp; Suites, Festival Hotel Conference Centre &amp; Spa, and Moulin Rouge Ventures at Olivia Mall, all of which were shut down after repeated warnings from the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Babatunde Ajayi, General Manager of LASEPA, reaffirmed the agency\u2019s zero-tolerance stance on environmental violations that threaten public health.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that businesses and individuals must uphold environmental standards, adding that the responsibility for maintaining a cleaner and healthier Lagos is shared by all.<\/p>\n<p>LASEPA continues to encourage residents to report environmental infractions, reinforcing its commitment to ensuring a sustainable and safe environment for Lagosians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Faith Adama To curb environmental violations, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), has temporarily closed several businesses; including hotels, churches, and bars\u2014across key areas of the state for non-compliance with environmental regulations. The closures, which took place in Mushin, Amuwo Odofin, and Okota Isolo, are part of the state\u2019s ongoing crackdown on noise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":57254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57255,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57253\/revisions\/57255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}