The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency has shut down 25 facilities in four states for non-compliance with environmental regulations.

NESREA stated this in a statement on Friday. It said that facilities across various sectors were shut down in Anambra, Enugu, Bayelsa, and Rivers for different environmental offences.

The agency stated that these included a refusal to conduct an environmental impact assessment prior to the project’s commencement, an environmental audit, and the absence of a functional effluent treatment plant, among others.

She said the sealed facilities included Rugal Pharmaceutical, Emene Industrial Layout, Enugu; China Communication Construction Company (CCCC), Owo yard, Enugu; Hardis and Dromedas, Umunya, Anambra State; and Pinnatech Engi Asphalt Plant, Awkuzu, Anambra.

Others are China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, Obogoro Road, Swali, Yenagoa, Bayelsa; Megastar Technical and Construction Company Limited,  Imiringi Road, Yenagoa, Bayelsa; and Multi Plan Nigeria Ltd., Okuru-Ama, Trans-Amadi Industrial Layout, Port Harcourt, Rivers, among others.

Innocent Barikor, the director-general of NESREA, urged operators to adhere to the provisions of environmental laws in their operations.

Mr Barikor said the agency would continue to carry out such enforcement exercises to safeguard the environment and serve as a deterrent to facility operators.

(NAN)