Lol,why won't they do that,nobody is interested in patronising lagos state failed water management again now so the we now bear the brunt

From an environmental perspective, the law is important and necessary.

However, as lasg has not been able to provide people with water, the law is a waste of everyone's time.

In the end, it is about revenue generation. More money for local government s and imposition of lasg approved drillers.

I'm afraid Lagos state is becoming more and more capitalist by the day..might be good, might be bad.

SurePresident:
Some should be arrested and jailed to serve as deterrent to others. Indiscriminate borehole drilling could lead to natural disaster.

WARNING!!! UNIDENTIFIED VIRUS DETECTED ON NL

olanshi:


Someone told me about this few days ago and I replied him that it's not possible!

How many days in a Month does Lagos Water Corporation supply water to its residence, and how clean is the water if supplied?

So individual bore hole waters are far cleaner and drinkable than this so-called Lagos Water Corporation.


If this Law is signed, than ya'all are enemy of the State and it will be against humanity.


You better revisit this Law!

We already collected CofO/Deed of Occupancy for our piece of land from the government with one is now bore hole drilling permit.

Very soon, you will also say house foundation permit, decking permit! This is absolute extortion!!

#saynotoboreholedrillingpermit

Here ikorodu d water come out for 30min once a week nd u must pay d Bill 8k nd above

I just tire for these people. Don't they hv better bills to pass? Always only concerned with anti-people bills/laws

That's what happens when some1 uses Glo, and Glo dash him plenty data so he just have to say rubbish.
Mr sure president that will never be.
https://www.nairaland.com/3384210/wow-glo-promo-data-awoof

yehmi01:


This guy funny ohh.
Sorry but do you live in Lagos or Nigeria at all.
If you don't please don't get your fingers burnt with this statements.

Water is the last basic amenity any sensible country or goverment should be able to provide after at least 50 years of independence so let's not even go through that route.
And also Mr sure president this kind of statement can never make you president at this rate.

Except this law when signed by ambode is retrospectively used to jail Fashola who drilled borehole in lagos for almost 1 million naira each, anything asides that then they are not serious

warisdis now.....i comment my reserve.

They are scared because with the way oil is being discovered in every corner of the country,some families might just drill and find oil instead of water.

Acidosis:
Borehole license
Resident license
Dstv license


Thank God for Ogun state

As in ehn.

Lagos state government always looking left, right and centre on how to extort her citizens and make life diffcult for them all in the name of revenue generation. What a capitalistic way of living.

I think Lagos state is insane especially dis guy with his big head mtchewwww

veekid:
Na their money ah dey use dig abi Na on top their land? These pple just dey make life difficult for the poor. DiarisGod o

they just want to make money @all cost

So this morning, I woke up to a news I have been 'expecting' for years now. That the Lagos state government is to begin enforcing laws which criminalizes the drilling of boreholes.

From an Environmentalists point of view, this is to curb the incessant sinking of boreholes all over the place. We have failed to properly manage the release of green house gases into the environment, we should realize the serious Environmental Impact which may arise if everyone and every household sinks a borehole.


Boreholes could lead to landmines, earthquakes or tremor in the foreseeable future. It is easily contaminated by leaky contaminants, heavy metals and micro organisms. When pollutants spill, leak or are
inadvertently dumped on the soil surface, they
easily seep through the soil and pollute the
aquifer – the layer of rock or clay holding
groundwater.

Even UNESCO had since warned against the use of
groundwater as borehole water as it is known ,
for public water supply. Consequently, it had
been discouraging governments across the
globe from the use of groundwater.

This is not in defense of the Lagos state government's decision but a wake up call on the citizenry about the need to begin to put the government on it's toes and make them realize the need to provide alternative potable water for the people.

P. S: Even the government is guilty of this act of disturbing the ground water as many politicians now see 'sinking of boreholes' as pet projects for their constituencies.

Govts in Nigeria always try to fly before even learning to crawl properly

SurePresident:
Some should be arrested and jailed to serve as deterrent to others. Indiscriminate borehole drilling could lead to natural disaster.

We are aware of this

But lack of potable drinking water will lead to death

How many Lagosians depend on govt for water, very few

What effort is LASG making to providing portable water to avoid bore hole drilling. Doesn't LASG know that the failure to provide led to this? I think this Government is after revenue. Government milking the citizens dry.

Nigeria is a evil forest

sammirano:
A new Lagos State Environmental law is stipulating a prison term or fine for residents who drill boreholes without government authorisation, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.

The legislation specifically criminalises sale or distribution of water by container, tanker, or any other method without a valid license issued by the Department of Water Resources.

The bill, passed by the state House of Assembly, is yet to be signed into law by Governor Akinwumi Ambode.

The government says it targets commercial users, but activists fear the ban may affect private citizens, who struggle daily to get water through individual effort.

“The salt rubbed on the injury is the fact that as we speak, the public has not set eyes on the new bill to ascertain if our fears and objections raised at the Public Hearing were incorporated into what was eventually passed,” said Akinbode Oluwafemi, Deputy Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, during a press conference in Lagos on Monday.

The problem with the Bill

On February 20, the Lagos House of Assembly passed “A Bill for a Law to Consolidate all Laws Relating to the Environment for the Management, Protection and Sustainable Development of the Environment in Lagos State and for Connected Purposes” into law.

The Bill was passed less than two weeks after activists and environmentalists challenged its key sections at a public hearing.
A section (7.2.a) in the draft Bill secured the “payment of contracted services and concessions for long term infrastructure investments with an irrevocable Service Payment Order as the first line charge on the State’s Internally Generated Revenue.

In section 7.2.b., it states that, “In the event that the state’s IGR is insufficient or unavailable to discharge its obligations, the state should apply monies due to it from the federal monthly allocation or any other source to secure its payment obligation to contractors and concessionaires under the law.”

Mr. Oluwafemi described both sections as anti-people and would tie the hands of Lagos citizens to ambiguous agreements.

“These clauses will make government, through taxpayers money, to pay corporate entities without fail even when there are other pressing issues requiring funding.

“Literally, it is saying if passed, the Lagos State government must pay these corporate entities before spending on salaries, healthcare, roads and so on.

“We also feel Lagosians should have a say on how the state’s federal allocation will be used. These provisions elevate government spending towards private concessions over all other government spending.”

The most controversial aspect of the draft Bill, however, is its provisions towards access to drinking water in the state.

Section 137(1)(a) stipulates that, “No person or group of persons shall sink or cause to be sunk boreholes, hydraulic and other structures connected with the supply of surface ground water or treated water without obtaining the necessary permit from the Office of Drainage Services.”

Section 141(1)(a) says no person or group of persons shall “Abstract water from any lake, river, stream or other natural resources forming part of state water except with the approval of department of water resources of the Office of Drainage Services.

In 141(1)(c), it states that no person or group of persons shall “Make, sell, distribute or cause to be made, sold, or distributed water by container, tanker or any other method whatsoever without a valid licence being issued by the Department of Water Resources of the Office of Drainage Services.”

An individual convicted under the law will pay a N100,000 fine or serve a six month jail term or both; for an organisation, it is N500,000 and confiscation of its equipment.

Mr. Oluwafemi said the law does not mention how it will affect owners of existing boreholes in the state.

“We feel provisions in these sections should be clarified properly,” he said.

“Threatening imprisonment for distributing water to meet the needs of the disenfranchised unless this applies only to large corporations like the breweries and bottling companies.
“Or else, it would mean for instance, that a person who gathers water from a stream or tap in his apartment and gives it to family or neighbour in need with go to jail for six months.”

The law has been roundly condemned.

Agnes Sessi, the president of African Women Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Network, said the “draconian” law would cause untold hardship to the people.

“One of our rights as citizens is to live, to have good water to drink, good environment,” said Mrs. Sessi.

“If government has failed to provide water for us, they do not have the right to take away our efforts to provide for ourselves. Do they want us to die?”

Betty Abah, Executive Director of CEE-HOPE, said the very vulnerable in Lagos are currently under threat due to government policies.

“A government is supposed to provide for the people, protect their interests, but we have a government that seems to want to fight the people.”

Achike Chude, vice president of Joint Action Front, said Lagos is a pilot state and other states would soon begin criminalising sinking of boreholes.

“The issues are very clear and each time we are confronted with situations like these, we can’t help but ask why government subjects Nigerians to all kinds of misery and difficulties.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/224917-lagos-criminalises-drilling-boreholes-without-permit.html

This people just derive pleasure in making life difficult for the masses. If water corporation had done it's job, bore hole won't be so ubiquitous. I won't be surprised if they come up with generator owning permit, cellphone permit or even breathing permit tomorrow

They are bringing rules from developed countries where they have water & other amenities....so we hav to pay them to provide the water they refused to provide

Stupid government... always looking for where to chop....

They got it wrong on this one.. They should as well tax oxygen intake.

This nonsense is only possible because many Lagosians are too docile and foolish even while pretending to be smart.
200 million mumus indeed.
Despite billions for LSWC budget yearly, the coverage of tap water in the state has reduced compared to 18 years ago when Tinubu came into power.
When shall we learn to ask questions and hold our public servants accountable for the trillions they spend on our behalf











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Then start knocking on every door to check who is drilling borehole then.

Hocus-pocus! The very ungrateful government, neck deep in corruption, now preventing the people from obtaining themselves a clean water. Something they've been unable to provide because of wickedness and greed. Shame on who ever came up with this

AdultMaleNegro:
So this morning, I woke up to a news I have been 'expecting' for years now. That the Lagos state government is to begin enforcing laws which criminalizes the drilling of boreholes.

From an Environmentalists point of view, this is to curb the incessant sinking of boreholes all over the place. We have failed to properly manage the release of green house gases into the environment, we should realize the serious Environmental Impact which may arise if everyone and every household sinks a borehole.


Boreholes could lead to landmines, earthquakes or tremor in the foreseeable future. It is easily contaminated by leaky contaminants, heavy metals and micro organisms. When pollutants spill, leak or are
inadvertently dumped on the soil surface, they
easily seep through the soil and pollute the
aquifer – the layer of rock or clay holding
groundwater.

Even UNESCO had since warned against the use of
groundwater as borehole water as it is known ,
for public water supply. Consequently, it had
been discouraging governments across the
globe from the use of groundwater.

This is not in defense of the Lagos state government's decision but a wake up call on the citizenry about the need to begin to put the government on it's toes and make them realize the need to provide alternative potable water for the people.

P. S: Even the government is guilty of this act of disturbing the ground water as many politicians now see 'sinking of boreholes' as pet projects for their constituencies.

I agreed with u, but how do we cope when the govt. is not providing the basic amenities needed by their citizen?
To even drill a borehole is expensive talk less of getting a permit and u knw govt. officials, u av to start tipping them.
#JustDon’tSigndBill

Good move

Y do why government subjects Nigerians to all kinds of misery and difficulties.” I THINK WE ALREADY NO D ANSWER 2 DAT QUESTION. 4 POLITICIANS, IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY. DEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US.

sammirano:
there is an effective water management in Lagos state, which explains the law.

Is there anything "effective" in Nigeria. Today it might look "effective", tomorrow one mad man takes over the policy will become ineffective.

Must you always support the govt even when the well being of your friends and family is at stake?

sammirano:
there is an effective water management in Lagos state, which explains the law.