The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) are set to collaborate for a cleaner and sustainable environment in the state that is pollution free.
The partnership is aimed to rid the state of pollution, emissions and other environmental infractions that might be injurious to human health and the ecosystem.
The partnership was agreed at a meeting held yesterday at NPA’s office in Marina.
General Manager, Dr Tunde Ajayi led the LASEPA team while Acting General Manager, Mr Adekunle Adesona, represented by Principal Manager, Health, Safety and Environment, Mr Emeka Uchendu, led the NPA’s team.
Ajayi stressed the need for understanding and joint efforts in tackling environmental challenges, adding that the state government remained the first point of contact and respondent in any emergency situation.
“The purpose of this meeting is to explore opportunities for collaboration and mutual cooperation between LASEPA and NPA in various areas related to environmental sustainability, particularly tank farms management, issue of oil spillage, monitoring and enforcement, submission of statutory reports; audit, environmental, contingency among other areas,” he stated.
In his response, Uchendu expressed his agency’s commitment to working closely with LASEPA to implement environmentally friendly practices in an emerging smart city Lagos.
He called on the state government to equally intensify efforts in its various advocacy programmes on market sanitation, tree planting, flood free Lagos, emission control, reduction in the use of non- biodegradable elements, among other initiatives.
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