The headquarters of the Lord’s Chosen
Charismatic Revival Movement, along the Apapa – Oshodi Expressway in
Lagos has been sealed off by the Lagos State Government for gross
environmental abuse.
A statement by the state’s Ministry of the Environment released on
Tuesday, said the church was sealed off in order to prevent an outbreak
of epidemic, as well as protect the lives of its worshippers.
It read, “An inspection of the church’s environment revealed that solid waste generated was not properly disposed of.
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“It was openly burning waste on the church premises, exposing the lives of its worshipers to health hazards.”
A substantial part of the one kilometre
church auditorium was also alleged to have been built on the Odo Asimawu
drainage channel, which the ministry claimed impeded the flow of flood
water as well as inhibiting effective performance of the channel.
“All the church toilets were built on
the canal, thereby enabling the deliberate discharge of raw human wastes
into it,” the statement added
The Commissioner for the Environment,
Mr. Tunji Bello, was said to have directed that the church could only be
reopened after all nuisances had been abated and encumbrances along the
drainage channel, removed.
“There must be complete sanitisation of
the entire church environment; a proper facility for the disposal of
solid waste must be put in place; new toilet facilities built and proper
evacuation of the human and solid wastes dumped into the canal ensured
,” the statement said.
The church is also expected to remove all structures built on the drainage channel.
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