Lagos Shuts 24 Churches, Mosques for Noise Pollution

Lagos Shuts 24 Churches, Mosques for Noise Pollution

Lagos StatemGovernment has said that it shut down a total of 24 churches and mosques in the last one year for noise pollution. It
also shut down 38 companies for issues relating to environmental
degradation.

General Manager, Lagos State
Environmental Protection Agency
(LASEPA), Mr. Adebola Shabi made the
revelation at the annual ministerial
press briefing in Lagos.
He said the churches and mosques
sanctioned were those who refused to
abate noise after repeated warning
adding that affected organisations are
usually given up to 10 days to abate
noise before being visited with
sanctions.
He said that religious organisations are
the major culprit of noise pollution in
Lagos State.
Significantly, he said there has been
some level of compliance among them.
According to him, out of the 67 cases
reported, nine percent of reported
cases abated while 91 percent refused
to abate nuisance.
He said that 51cases involving
residential buildings were reported, 14
percent abated while 86 percent were
adamant.
For night clubs, he said the agency
received complaints about some of the
night clubs but that most of them
have abated nuisance.
He said that LASEPA initiative has
resulted in most companies complying
with standards dictated by the agency.
He said that before 2007, almost all
the oil and gas facilities had oil water
separator(OWS) but that the
intervention of the agency has forced
some to upgrade their OWS to include
a chlorination tank to disinfect waste
water before it is passed into the
environment.