Noise makers! Lagos shuts down 24 religious houses

For failing to adhere to the state’s guidelines on noise pollution, and disturbing the peace of other Lagosians in the name of worship, the Lagos State government has shut about 24 religious outfits in the last one year.

Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello and General Manager of the Lagos State Environment Protection (LASEPA) Eng. Ademola Shabi disclosed this at the 2015 ministerial press briefing held on Wednesday in Ikeja.

Shabi lamented that the pollution generated daily in the state was increasing and the government must embark on measures to reduce it, adding; “We received over 1, 000 petitions in the year under review. But we have been able to resolve some and some have relocated.”

The general manager explained that “the religious outfits contribute about 50 percent of the noise pollution in the state. In the last few years, we have been having problem to control noise from these outfits. We have been able to shut them down while some have relocated from the community where they were”.

Shabi reeling out the activities of his agency in the year under review added that 13 industries were shut for violating the environmental guidelines set by the government.

 

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now