Ogun State Government says it has sealed two firms over industrial accidents that resulted in fatalities.
Chairman of the State Task Force on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, Farook Akintunde, made this known in a statement on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Akintunde names the firms as: Quantum Steel Industry in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area and Xinfeng Plastics Limited on the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway.
He said that Quantum Steels was shut down over an industrial explosion which resulted in fatalities, with some victims still hospitalised while Xinfeng Plastics was equally sealed after a machine operator lost his life due to electrocution.
Akintunde said that government took the decision to seal the companies in order to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the 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 to educate them on the need to adhere strictly to safety procedures, such incidents still occurred within their production lines, hence the need to close them down,” Akintunde said.
According to him, the two companies would remain shut until investigations are concluded and new safety protocols entrenched in them.
Akintunde warned other companies in the state to take safety of their workers seriously, especially those in the production line.
By Yetunde Fatungase