•Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State The Ogun State government said it has commenced an independent and comprehensive health audit of residents in the Ogijo community, Sagamu Local Government Area, following confirmation of lead poisoning concerns. The move comes months after the government sealed seven used battery recycling facilities in Nov...
•Lead poisoning As government-led blood-lead screening continues in Ogijo, environmental expert Abayomi Ladapo has urged the government to move swiftly into the most crucial phase of the response with full-scale environmental remediation and long-term exposure prevention. Ladapo disclosed that while screening is essential, it does not stop ong...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has commenced probe into the widespread and scientifically-verified lead-poisoning disaster ravaging Ogijo, a densely populated community located at the Ogun-Lagos States border. Responding to the alarm over the incident, the Senate summoned the Ministers of Environment, Health, Solid Minerals, Labour and Employment...
Ordinarily, the large deposits of lead in Enyigba community in Abakaliki Local Government Area and Ameka community in Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State should be a thing of joy, happiness and a source of wealth to the people. But from every indication, it is not so because of the side effects of […]
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