Chinese firm
was burning asphalt which resulted in black soot
The rivers
state government has shut down a company responsible for the black soot
environmental hazard that has been plaguing the state's capital, port-harcourt
in recent times.
A statement signed
by Austin Tam-George, the rivers state commissioner for information, reads;
This is to
inform the public that a Chinese construction company, named CGC, located on
the Obirikwere-Airport Link Road has been shut down on Friday, the 10th of
February, 2017, by the Rivers State Task Force on the Black Soot.
The Asphalt
plant was found to be producing thick black smog out of the furnace in the
process of burning Asphalt, heavily polluting the air.
The Asphalt
plant was immediately shut down by the task force. All the directors of the
company will be prosecuted according to the law.The public is therefore advised
to cooperate with the Task Force, by providing useful information on the Black
Soot.
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