Senate give order for serious operation as lead poison hit parts of Lagos
According to the Senate, this wahala make residents dey suffer constant headache, stomach pain and forgetfulness.
Senate for Nigeria don show serious worry about one lead-poison wahala wey dey spread fast for Ogijo, one area wey plenty people dey stay, wey dey between Ikorodu and Ogun East for Lagos state wey dey south west.
Dem call am serious emergency for environment and people health wey dey threaten thousands of lives.
The matter, wey Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru (Lagos East) and Senator Gbenga Daniel (Ogun East) bring, na urgent public matter wey follow Senate rules 41 and 51 for 2023.
The Senators talk say scientific reports don show extreme lead contamination wey come from many old battery recycling factories wey don dey work for that area for many years.
According to the Senate, this wahala make residents dey suffer constant headache, stomach pain, forgetfulness, seizures, and children no dey grow well—signs wey dey show say lead don enter their body well-well.
The Senate talk say dem dey worry say Federal Government don already start to dey act. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, don close seven battery-recycling factories and order say make dem stop to export lead metal for now until dem finish safety investigations.
Senators say dem "dey shock say residents don dey complain for many years about constant headache, stomach pain, forgetfulness, seizures, mind no clear, and children no dey grow well—signs wey dey show say lead don enter their body."
Even though the community don dey protest for years, dem say the factories wey dey melt the batteries still dey work openly, dey release bad smoke and dust wey dey enter nearby houses, markets and where children dey play.