LASG Shuts Chemical Factories Over Safety Infractions

The Lagos State Safety Commission has sealed disconnected respective chemic factories and shops successful the Ojota country for violating information and biology regulations.

Officials of the commission, led by its Director-General, MrLanre Mojola, said the enforcement workout followed contraventions of the Lagos State Safety Commission Law of 2011. They added that the affected facilities were unopen aft operators failed to comply with agreed information measures contempt repeated warnings and a grace period.

Mojola disclosed that the commission’s officials had earlier inspected the factories and held a bid of meetings with chemic trader executives, during which a missive of undertaking was signed connected May 9, 2025.

At the meeting, the operators agreed to instrumentality a scope of information measures, including: Conducting a broad information audit of the market; organising workshops connected hazard recognition and hazard evaluation; Providing serviced and accessible occurrence extinguishers successful each shops; Maintaining an up-to-date inventory of chemicals, including expiry dates; Ensuring afloat compliance with idiosyncratic protective instrumentality (PPE) use; Installing wide information signage, chemic labels, and Safety Data Sheets (SDS); Developing a catastrophe absorption and concern continuity plan.

“Despite the ultimatum’s expiration, the chemic dealers failed to enactment connected the statement reached with the Commission. This near the Commission with nary enactment but to seal the facilities to safeguard lives and property,” Mojola said.

He said the sealed facilities would stay locked until afloat compliance is achieved, informing that the committee would not compromise connected enforcing information standards.

Mojola besides urged manufacturers and concern operators crossed Lagos to follow proactive information measures to debar akin sanctions.

In caller years, the Lagos State Safety Commission has intensified surveillance and enforcement activities to curb unsafe practices successful factories, markets, and different high-risk facilities, which aligns with the authorities government’s committedness to nationalist information and catastrophe prevention.