Page 2 - Sam Ugwu News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A coal mining firm, Milhouse Energy Services Ltd, operating in Awhum, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State will pay N1bn into the State

The Enugu State Government has directed a coal mining firm, Milhouse Energy Services Limited, located in the state to pay N1billion into the Enugu State Environmental Remediation Trust Fund. The Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Prof. Sam Ugwu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Enugu. Ugwu directed that the firm located

Milhouse Energy Services Ltd, a coal mining firm at Awhum, Enugu State, is to pay the sum of N1 billion into the Enugu State Environmental Remediation Trust Fund, while also paying a N100,000 tax on every truckload of coal evacuated from a mining site at Awhum, in Udi Council of the state .

Milhouse Energy Services Ltd, a coal mining firm at Awhum in the Udi local government area of Enugu State, is to pay the sum of N1 billion into the State Environmental Remediation Trust Fund.   The firm will also pay N100,000 tax per truckload of coal evacuated from the mining site.   According to a statement issued by the Governor's media office, the fund will be transparently managed by an independent committee of professionals specifically for the remediation and healing of the affected environment.  

The Enugu State government says the coal mining firm has mined and evacuated coal from the site since February 2022 without any payments.