Kwara State Government Seals Off Illegal Quarry Site
Kwara State Government, North Central Nigeria has commenced the sealing off of Quarry Sites operating without necessary documents to validate their operational mode in the State.
The Acting Executive Chairman, Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KWGIS) Abdulkareem Suleiman led government team to some of the Quarry Sites along Eyekorin express way, in Asa Local Government of the State, where the business was at it's peak, as Trucks were sited loading stones from the site.
Speaking with newsmen on the exercise, Suleiman said “it became necessary, as part of the agency's responsibilities to control the activity of Quarry in the State and ensure that business is run within the purview of Government.
“We discovered that some companies were causing damages to our land, through their kind of business. There are Federal presence here, especially the bridge and blasting taking place at the surroundings. By implication, the bridge is being affected, which is of course detrimental to human existence as well as the safety of those in the neighborhood”.
The Chairman explained that the team was there to seal off the premises, with an instruction that the affected companies should report to his office with all the necessary papers that permits them to operate.
He, however, warned perpetrators that government will not fold its arms watching illegal operation of quarry business is ongoing in the state, adding there shall be consequences, if they are caught.
At the time of filling this report, no single staff of the Quarries made himself available to the press.
In his entourage, were the Acting Administrative Secretary, Mrs Motunrayo Adaran, Director Physical Planning, Taiye Mohamed, Deputy Director, Sunday Idowu and other senior officers of the Agency.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Eghe Igbinehi Trader Moni Ibrahim Agboola Gambari Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir Onikijipa Face Masks Abdulraufu Mustapha Mahfouz Adedimeji ENetSuD Micheal Imoudu Oyin-Zubair 08001000100 Doyin Group Mansur Alfanla Abubakar Abdullahi Bata Joseph Alex Offorjama Sobi FM Suleiman Alege Kuranga Post-utme Muhammad Ghali Alaaya Lateef Alagbonsi Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum Abdullahi Biffo Tunde Oyawoye Tosho Yaqub Dunmade Ayinke Saka Oloruntoyosi Thomas Agbarigidoma Aliyu Kora Sabi Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi Fareedah Dankaka Garba Ayodele Wahab Nigeria Governors\' Forum Abdulsalam A. Yusuf Saidu Kawu Isiaka AbdulRazaq Shero Abdulrauf Aliyu Fatimoh Lawal Sobi Kolade Solagberu Alabi Lawal KWSIEC Bayo Mohammed Onimode Chief Imam Of Offa IF-K Lawal Olohungbebe Awwal Jawondo Mohammed Yisa Adedipe Harrison Osauwagboe AGILE Programme NSCIA Abdulrazaq Akorede Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore Kayode Ogunlowo Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu Akeem Olatunji MMWG Sam Okaula Hassan A. Saliu Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez Laolu Saraki Oniyangi Budo-Egba Babajide Ajayi Yoonus Kola Olatinwo Islamiya Abdulraheem Ayedun Medinat Folorunsho Salman BECE Christian Association Of Nigeria Adegoke Bamidele Benin Republic Mohammed Saidu Bayer AG

