No fewer than 53 churches, mosques and hotels across Lagos State were, on Wednesday, sealed off by the Lagos State government over noise pollution and other environmental nuisances.
Some of the worship centres were sealed off because they were converted from residential apartments to places of worship, thereby contravening the law and constituting nuisance to other neighbours.
General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Mr Adebola Shabi, confirmed the development, saying the government took the decision based on complaints from residents about the nuisance constituted by the premises shut by the agency.
"In recent times, most of the petitions kept coming back to us. It was as if we are not working at all. That was why we shut the premises," he said.
The General Manager explained that some of the affected facilities had been served abatement notices before the eventual closure.
He added that the growing rate of worship centres in the state called for serious regulations, concerning noise pollution across the state.
According to him, some of the worship centres disturbing the neighbourhood with noise are usually makeshift structures that do not have government approval.
"You cannot have makeshift structure and say you want to be conducting services or vigil there. Definitely, you will be disturbing your neighbours. So, the government won't allow the use of makeshift as a church or mosque," he said.
He said nobody was allowed to make noise above 55 decibel during the day in the residential area, pointing out that only 45 decibel was allowed in such area at night.
He explained that in the industrial areas, 90 decibel of noise was allowed during the day while the noise rate must not exceed 80 decibel at night.
The LASEPA boss added that the compliance level was increasing, saying that more residents now understood the effect of noise.
Shabi, who noted that some of the religious houses were also complying with the noise pollution regulations, disclosed that the hotels were shut for failing to conduct and submit Environmental Impact Assessment report about their premises.

Source http://www.viviangist.com/lagos-government-closes-down-53-churches-mosques-hotels-over-noise

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Good.

Best

i think better ...

Same should go to the event centres too

Very good, is not as if religion in nigeria has made them less corrupt

Names and locations please...I don't trust Hon. Shabi for second...a schedule and timeline would suffice

Good Better Best

very delicate move, I pray it won't be misinterpreted by mischievous politicians for cheap politics.

I think it should be done Nationwide... Na by force to listen to ur prayers?
Abi God deaf? You'll hear them shouting like say dem possess.

feldido:
I think it should be done Nationwide... Na by force to listen to ur prayers?
Abi God deaf? You'll hear them shouting like say dem possess.

I tire oh. The frustrating part is the churches. You'll find like 10 churches on a street side by side with big loud speakers.


I blame the masses who believe that all their problems well be solved spiritually. Here are a few facts:


The largest food that ever fell from the sky was manna. Pray as you might, if you don't work Na hunger go kill you.


The reason God gave you brains is so that you won't call on him for every little thing.


God will never do for man what he must do for himself.

Miracles occur only when all human hopes have been dashed. As long as the problem is within what you can solve, bzzzzz no miracle.


Prayer is a conversation. Most people speak but never take time to listen to God.


Prayer is a conversation, if people pay per second to pray just like in phone calls, people will not make silly requests in prayer.



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