Lagos warns borehole operators to get permits or face prosecution

The Lagos State Government has warned borehole operators to get permits or face having their facilities sealed and being prosecuted. LASWARCO says drilling and extracting groundwater without authorisation risks contaminating underground water, causing land subsidence and threatening the state's water resources.

Pidgin: Lagos State Government don warn borehole operators make dem get permit or dem go seal dia facilities and prosecute dem. LASWARCO talk say to drill and extract groundwater without permission fit contaminate underground water, cause land subsidence and threaten di state water resources.

How this affects you: Borehole operators in Lagos who lack permits face having their facilities sealed and prosecution.