Ogun State Government has shut two industries, Quantum Steel Industry in Ogijo in Sagamu Local Government and Xinfeng Plastics Limited along the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway for Industrial accidents that resulted in fatalities.
Quantum Steels was shut down for Industrial explosion which resulted in fatalities with some victims still hospitalized while Xinfeng Plastics was equally closed down after a machine operator, Ishaku Monday lost his life due to electrocution .
In closing down the two companies ,the Special Adviser to the Governor on Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency, OGEPA who doubled as the Chairman of the State Taskforce on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, Alhaji Farook Akintunde said the Government took decision to shut down the companies in order to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the unfortunate incidents and proffer solutions to avert future occurrence.
“As a Government, we are determined to conduct credible and diligent investigations including inviting external safety experts to get to the root cause of these incidents in the overriding public interest and safety”
“What is even painful is that despite State Government’s regular visits to these companies just like other statewide to educate them on the need to adhere strictly to safety procedures, such incidents still occurred within their production lines that resulted in fatalities, hence the need to close them down”
Akintunde added that the two companies will remain shut until investigations are concluded and new safety protocols entrenched.