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[size=14pt]Lagos shuts churches, mosques over noise pollution[/size]

By Miriam Ndikanwu ⁠21/05/2012 16:33:00


Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, (LASEPA) yesterday shut  three churches and two mosques within the metropolis for violating the laws of the state against noise pollution.

 

The affected churches are Lord's Chosen Charismatic Mission Church, Anthony Village; Christ Chosen Church, Onipanu and Evangelical Apostolic Church, while the mosques are Darusalam Mosque at Sabo, Yaba and Ayegbesin Mosque at Mafoluku, Oshodi.

Also shut was Sunplast Plastic industries in Isolo, whose generating set was allegedly emitting hazardous fumes into a nearby school, and Scott industries in Matori for engaging their workers in dehumanising working conditions that that also constitute environmental nuisance.

The LASEPA team led by Mr. Kayode Bello, a senior official of the agency, backed by the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, stormed the affected churches and mosques and shut them down for refusing to comply with relevant environmental laws of the state.

General Manager, LASEPA, Engr. Rasheed Shabi, said the development was as a result of a petition filed to his office by residents who had complained about the blazing noise pollution from the churches and mosques.

Shabi added that the affected places of worship failed to comply with the abatement notices thus prompting the agency to enforce relevant provisions of the laws on environmental protection, adding that government had no choice than to shut down the affected places of worship.

According to him, the affected worship centres would not be opened until they comply with the environmental laws of the state as regards noise pollution.

Last week, Shabi had said that some of the places of worship had blackmailed the state government for enforcing the law against non-compliance with the laws of the state.

He said lots of sensitization were still ongoing to let the places of worship know that they do not have to constitute nuisance to their environment and that they could use inbuilt speakers within their places of worship.

manny4life: Wait o, what kind of claims are these?

Are these the 150,000 mandatory insurance liability they speak of? I believe Dana has settled that case for NCAA to release their operating license. Any other claim like the N500million is ridiculous. Truly, while Dana shares responsibility in it, at same time, he should go meet his insurance company to help him out.

shadrach77: well, for all your effort at correcting the grammar of the poster, the sentence is correct. It's like saying Nigeria plays Zambia tomorrow at the nations cup. We all know the word "Nigeria" in this case represents the players (who are themselves representing the nation) and not the whole country

To other things, i'm yet to understand the purpose of the visit and in what capacity did they visit Tinubu? and to the op, there is no such thing as the Asiwaju of Yorubaland

Re: 60 Men and Women That Moved Nairaland: 2005-2011 by Jarus(m): 6:07pm On Apr 06, 2010

After trying to grip BECOMRICH and interview him as part of the NL Legends, this is only what I'm able to come up with:

JARUS TO BCR:



Dear Musiwa,

Sequel to the conclusion of the first phase of the selection of NL legends, for which you have been considered one, we wish to conduct an interview with you as the next phase of the exercise: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-413742.0.html

Below are the interview questions:

1, Kindly introduce yourself (Provide as much info as you want to, and if you don't mind, your real name, age etc)

2, How did you join NL?

3, Do you agree with our list of NL legends or you have suggestions or something to chip in? Or to you, who is the greatest Nairalander of all time?

4, Who is/are your favourite Nairalander(s)?

5, What is your assessment of NL as the forum clocks 5?

6, What do you enjoy about NL and how addicted are you to NL?

7, How do you juggle between NL and your real life activities? Do you quote NL in your real lief activities? Do people around you knwo you are a a member of NL?

8, What is the most useful info or knowledge you've gotten from Nairaland? Or better still is there any special thread that has impacted in your life?

9, Which section do you like most?

10, If you are an old Nairalander, i.e 2005-2007 sets, what period on Nairaland do you enjoy most? Or better stillm, comapre NL of today with NL of 3, 4 years


If you feel there is any other thing you want to add, but not included in the questions up there, you are free to frame your questions yourselves and answer them, and if worth publishing, will be considered as part of the interview.

Also, your responses may generate one or two more questions, and you will be asked in camera before being published.


Kindly send your responses to jarusnairaland@yahoo.com for review and publication on the thread.

I look forward to seeing your responses.

Regards,

Jarus


BCR's RESPONSE:



Can you help me delete all my post on nairaland.

Thank you.



MY RESPONSE:



Is this not Becomrich?
Why do you want to delete your posts? Are you leaving NL?

Anyway, please answer our interview questions below:

1, Kindly introduce yourself?

2, When did you join Nairaland?

3, Why do you like to post satellite pictures and maps everytime?

4, Some people say you are a robot, and not human, can you comment on that?

5, You once said you wanted the Yorubas to merge with Benin republic, how do you think that is possible?

6, What job do you do in Canada?

7, You always say you read 'electricity engineering' in Unilorin, what is the difference between 'electricity engineering' and electrical engineering? But we learnt there is nothing like electricity engineering

8, Who is your favourite nairalander

9, Sometime last year, you were campaigning that you wanted to become president of Nigeria, is that not contradictory to your struggle that Yorubas should secede from Nigeria and join Benin republic?

10, People heavily criticize your grammar, don't you think you need to work on your English?

11, What advice do you have for Nairalanders?


Reply pls

Thanks

BCR:



Just delete all my posting.


I never said, I am an electricity engineer. I said electrical engineer. Nairaland edit post. nairaland is 419. That why I want all my post deleted, I do not want to be associated with 419 or nairaland.

10, People heavily criticize your grammar, don't you think you need to work on your English? answer: Nairaland uses is programme that change your words. It is a switch program.

On if I can become the president. I can. I have a better chance of been president than Jonathan. look at the statistics. Look at the satellite pictures. I am the person to beat in 2011. 99% of yorubas would vote for me, because I have risk everything, even nearly got killed just for them to get justice. and look at the satellite picture. I have links to some emirs and I need to show them the pictures and they would approve my plan and vote for me in the north. if not they would be minority for ever.


Unedited no time to.



JARUS TO BCR:


What about the other questions I asked in that interview? Please answer them and send to me.
Thanks


BCR TO JARUS


what is your real name and email and cell phone number



JARUS TO BCR:


I am in Nigeria. My real name is Tunji. My contact cell number is 0806119862*. I live in Nigeria.


NB: For those who know first name, Tunji is my middle name.

BCR TO ME


Are you the owner of nairaland. how do you become a moderator on nairaland.

Tell me about you. we you like to make money

.



At this juncture, I knew I can't get BCR for interview, hence my decision to publish this smattering encounter as his interview.

STAR QUOTE


I never said, I am an electricity engineer. I said electrical engineer.

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Yazmin: I thought cannabis has been banned in Nigeria. Wonder how some people still do have access to overdose of this item. Abeg pass me a wrap sha, wanna be @ your level also.....

donsax: Who are you in kwara because I don't know you there? Are you the one of hidden late olusola saraki son or belong to sheu family if not, I don't see how you will win whole of kwara.

naptu2: Adesegun Musiwa is the Nairaland politics section poster of the year 2009. He is an electricity engineer who graduated from the University of Ilorin. He speaks Batu and a host of other languages.

Adesegun Musiwa is also known as Becomerich 1-100, Eguofor, Complove, Nigeria1, Nigeriaone, Bashali, Tayo4life, Uche 2005, Becomericher, Mapomeji, Are Canada, etc

He works as the chief mapologist at Google. His philosophy is that all Nigeria's problems will be solved if the Western Niger is excised from Nigeria and added to Benin Republic.

He is very influential (more influential than Goodluck Jonathan), knows all the pastors in Nigeria and will win any free and fair presidential election conducted in Nigeria, by virtue of his philosophy as contained in the sacred satellite pictures.

He has been the subject of classic threads on Nairaland such as the threads below.

https://www.nairaland.com/608926/one-party-should-please-summit

https://www.nairaland.com/335745/aloy-emeka-mr-tribalist-cousin

https://www.nairaland.com/321016/mapomeji-finally-out

https://www.nairaland.com/469018/happy-birthday-becomerich

https://www.nairaland.com/898844/h

https://www.nairaland.com/909682/

https://www.nairaland.com/220912/seun-owner-nairaland-accused-corruption

https://www.nairaland.com/469018/happy-birthday-becomerich

https://www.nairaland.com/514772/becomerich-bows-out-nl

https://www.nairaland.com/477125/jakumu-english-nonsense-not-know

https://www.nairaland.com/367629/becomerich-wins-jakumo-closes-beaf/5

https://www.nairaland.com/679870/aare-musiwa-hot-form-look

naptu2: How could I forget? Adesegun Musiwa is also the leader of Egbe Omo Oduduwa

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbe_Omo_Oduduwa

brokoto: God bless you again sir. I just finished reading the whole 5 pages of that thread and I must say that Jamalah has opened my eyes. Until a few weeks ago I had a kind of apprehension about the religion of Islam but I've come to realise that religion is what you make of it. The problem there are the PEOPLE!

I have so much to say but lack the words. I saw this quotation in the thread:
"The illiterate of the 21st century will
not be those who cannot read or write,
but those who cannot learn, unlearn,
and relearn." Alvin Toffler

I will heed this advice. I have learnt, I've unlearned and now I'm on a mission to relearn.

tbaba1234: I  am muslim, I would like to commend the writer for a good piece. The knee-jerk reactions of some muslim youth in the North is really disturbing, No one can abrogate death on someone without proof.  The death sentence can only be enforced in islam, after the matter is proven in a sharia-court. Besides, the destruction of the mushaf should not cause such destruction.

The problem is that a lot of these guys have no idea what the Quran says or the historical context of its revelation.

The Quran compares killing of an innocent person to killing of the whole mankind whilst saving an innocent person to saving the whole mankind. If that is the message we follow, then the sanctity of human life should always be preserved. I find that a lot of Nigerian muslims are as uneducated about the Quran as non-muslims and are unwilling to educate themselves about the mercy, justice and forgiveness the Quran offers.

The lack of education in the north makes this situation particularly dire, because whilst there is an emotional attachment to the  religion, there is no understanding of it.

And when you mix religion and ignorance, you always end up with a mess.

salt 1: Naptu, you said Who told you that "most of these people are muslims"? I see people like that from all over Nigeria and from different faiths.

Please can you give me the statistics of Nigerians from different faiths, who, for stated religious reasons and intolerance, have killed the number of people like Muslims?
Who needs your sermon on love more? The killer or the killed?
I am waiting

lonamy: The incident is the reality of Professor Obiageli Ezekwesili's prediction. That the children that were not given proper education in Nigeria will be the one to kill the ones sent by their fathers abroad to get better education, "paraphrased".

If they start with their fathers now, I think it is a wake up call. I agree with Babangida. These people have pegged the level to which, the people they are leading, can rise in life. They have used the Arabic education, in the name of religion, to disorientate their people now the extreme result is Boko Haram, which has become an over night monster tormenting them.

It will take the North 100 years to nurture and re-orientate their citizen before absolute peace will return to that part of Nigeria. The earlier it starts the better.

Their children attend Harvard, Oxford and best university in the world on the account of Federal Government. It is not right that is why these wrongs are happening to them, but it has just started and I believe, Nairaland will contribute a long way to address a lot of societal slavery that our politicians have put us into. Many Northern youths now have access to the Internet and are reading the NL posts.

Whether we call it Regional discrimination or whatever, truth lies in between lies and the truth are always embeded in most of the NL posts about the situation of the North an the Politics that have grounded all the youths from that region.

The leaders should try and see from another angle what will North be if all in the region are well educated. Time will judge.

cyril83: besides what is the meaning of their own brand of islam? Islam is islam and allah is allah no doubt abt dat,one more thing why is allah feeling thirsty for the blood of GEj,oritsejafor and pastors

Movingcoil: tank God

cyril83: everyone on earth knows the word of jesus including yourself...Am not Jesus neither am I God, the rules on ground now is that, you bring out knife and I bring out gun since your allah is stubborn.

Merrymaker: politicians hv achiev dia aim by causin division amongst us. God help us

cyril83: why wouldn't i leave you to your ignorance when you turned yoursef to a dribbler....you were the one who said some people are behind the bombings of BH in other to break Nigeria then who are these pple if not buhari, babangida,gunmi,ado bayero and some other emirs and muslim senators which means Muslim Hate Nigeria and if there is any christians among them kindly mention their names here

cyril83: Do you now expect me to show love to a religion that believe in killings and shedding innocents blood..coz i see no reasons to all these bombings.

naptu2: 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[i] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

cyril83: okay you mean to say MUSLIM HATE NIGERIA coz most of these people are muslim