Kwara seals illegal quarries
The Kwara State Government has commenced the sealing off of quarry sites operating without necessary documents to validate their operations. The acting Executive Chairman, Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KWGIS), Abdulkareem Suleiman, led a government team to some of the sites along Eyenkorin expressway in Asa LGA. During the visit, it was observed that business […]
The Kwara State Government has commenced the sealing off of quarry sites operating without necessary documents to validate their operations.
The acting Executive Chairman, Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KWGIS), Abdulkareem Suleiman, led a government team to some of the sites along Eyenkorin expressway in Asa LGA.
During the visit, it was observed that business was at its peak as trucks were sited loading stones.
Speaking with newsmen on the exercise, Suleiman said, “It became necessary, as part of the agency’s responsibilities, to control the activities of quarries in the state and ensure that business is run within the purview of the government.
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“We discovered that some companies are causing damage to our land through their kind of business. There is a federal presence here, especially the bridge and blasting taking place in 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 neighbourhood.”
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 permitted them to operate.
He warned the perpetrators that the government would not fold its arms watching the illegal operations of the quarry business in the state, adding there shall be consequences if they were caught.
Staff of the quarry sealed refused to respond to the press during the operation.