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Lagos State Government has given 30-day final notice to owners/occupiers of residential buildings illegally converted to churches, mosques, clubhouses, lounges, and bars across the state without approval for change of use, to revert to the original use of the structure.

The notice is a sequel to the distortion of the masterplan of Lagos State, especially residential areas, by some people who in gross disregard to the regulatory provisions of the law turned residential areas into clubhouses and worship centres thereby constituting a nuisance to the environment.

The removal notice became imperative following security concerns of citizens and repeated complaints of non-adherence to safety and security guidelines issued to the club owners.

ANY owner of buildings in residential areas that have been converted to churches, mosques, clubs, bars or lounges without the requisite approvals should evict such occupants before the expiration of the 30 days’ final notice as the state will not give further notice of sealing but outright removal of such non-conforming buildings at the cost of the owners.
@LasepaOfficial


#noiselesslagos

naptu2:
Try this.

Website: https://www.lasepa.gov.ng/contact-us/

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdthvYjnSFmH7UGGj2fw6DC5r7iWcUkefcD5t1GDUejYZxIXA/viewform?pli=1

email:
info@lasepa.gov.ng

Twitter:
@LasepaOfficial

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/LasepaOfficial

LASEPA phone no: 08150458639

naptu2:
Lasepa has taken action against lots of churches, mosques, music stores, hotels, bars and factories that have been engaged in noise pollution and there are many nairaland threads about those incidents, so I'll encourage you to complain, because the system works.


2009 threads.

Lagos Shuts Redeemed Christian Church Of God, Academy Press And Other Companies.
https://www.nairaland.com/345207/lagos-shuts-redeemed-christian-church

Fashola May Close Down Us Embassy Warehouse
https://www.nairaland.com/256257/fashola-may-close-down-us


Fashola Seals Oyakhilome’s Warehouse
https://www.nairaland.com/371035/fashola-seals-oyakhilomes-warehouse



“shackled By Laws On Noise Pollution”
https://www.nairaland.com/361263/shackled-laws-noise-pollution



2010 thread
Lagos Orders Churches To Remove Loud Speakers
https://www.nairaland.com/487060/lagos-orders-churches-remove-loud

2011 thread
Lagos To Re-open United Nigeria Textiles
https://www.nairaland.com/744800/lagos-re-open-united-nigeria-textiles



2012 threads
Lagos State shuts down Lord's Chosen, 6 other churches because of noise pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/876166/lagos-shuts-down-lords-chosen

Fashola, Clerics To Tackle Noise Pollution In Lagos
https://www.nairaland.com/1056540/fashola-clerics-tackle-noise-pollution


2013 threads

Lagos May Shut Abattoir Market

https://www.nairaland.com/1236877/lagos-may-shut-abattoir-market


79-year-old Lady Sues Redeemed Church For Noise Pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/1171114/79-year-old-lady-sues-redeemed-church


2015 threads

Lagos State Shuts Down Churches, Mosques, Over Noise Pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/2286013/lagos-state-shuts-down-churches


Lagos Seals Kanu Nwankwo’s Hotel, Worship Centres
https://www.nairaland.com/2500532/lagos-seals-kanu-nwankwos-hotel

22 Noisy Churches Shut Down In Lagos State
https://www.nairaland.com/2558926/22-noisy-churches-shut-down

Lagos Shuts 53 Churches, Mosques, Hotels
https://www.nairaland.com/2792857/lagos-shuts-53-churches-mosques

2016 Thread

Lagos Seals 70 Churches, 20 Mosques, 11 Hotels For Noise Pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/3184760/lagos-seals-70-churches-20

2017 Thread

Lagos Bans Live Band At Beer Parlours.
https://www.nairaland.com/3695063/lagos-bans-live-band-beer

2019 Threads

Noise Pollution: Lagos State Seals 8 Mosques And Churches
https://www.nairaland.com/5536868/noise-pollution-lagos-state-seals

Woman Reports Noisy Church To LASEPA. Forces Them To Change Venue Of Vigil
https://www.nairaland.com/5170712/woman-reports-noisy-church-lasepa,

Quilox Shut Down By Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency
https://www.nairaland.com/5595788/quilox-shut-down-lagos-state



2020

Government shuts Lagos churches, mosques over noise pollution
https://www.lasepa.gov.ng/govt-shuts-lagos-churches-mosques-over-noise/


2022

Noise Pollution: Lagos Shuts Quilox Club
https://www.nairaland.com/7496515/noise-pollution-lagos-shuts-quilox


2023

LASEPA Shuts Down Olaiya Foods & Bukka Hut In Lekki Phase 1 Over Noise Pollution

https://www.nairaland.com/7888180/lasepa-shuts-down-olaiya-foods


LASEPA Shuts Down Lennox Mall, Sailor Lounge, Etc For Environmental Pollution

https://www.nairaland.com/7861462/lasepa-shuts-down-lennox-mall

LASEPA Shuts Churches, Mosques, Bars & Hotels In Alimosho For Noise Pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/7896657/lasepa-shuts-churches-mosques-bars

LASG Meets With Entertainment Captains Over Noise Pollution At Christmastime.
https://www.nairaland.com/7904896/lasg-meets-entertainment-captains-over

Lagos State Environmentalist Complains About Quilox Again
https://www.nairaland.com/7948345/lagos-state-environmentalist-complains-quilox

LASG Seals Quilox, Warns Sol, The Good And Landmark Beaches Over Safety Infracti
https://www.nairaland.com/7948465/lasg-seals-quilox-warns-sol

LASEPA Seals Carizma Hotel For Noise Pollution.
https://www.nairaland.com/7950692/lasepa-seals-carizma-hotel-noise

2024 threads

Abubakar Suleiman Makes Lasepa To Take Action.
https://www.nairaland.com/7961046/abubakar-suleiman-makes-lasepa-take

naptu2:
The Lagos State Government has held several meetings with religious leaders, club owners, etc. over the past 22 years to educate them about Lagos State laws on noise pollution and to tell them what they can do in order to comply with the law.

● Churches have been advised to remove external speakers and the big churches with powerful internal speakers have been advised to soundproof their halls.

● Nightclubs, bars and other such entertainment venues have been advised to soundproof their halls.

● Mosques have been advised not to use external speakers during prayers.

etc.

In recent times the traffic law enforcement agencies have also had issues with nightclubs that hold special events at Christmastime, but do not have enough parking space for their patrons and they end up parking on the road and obstructing traffic. The government has advised them to provide adequate parking space for their patrons.

naptu2:
What you are asking for already exists both at the federal and state levels.

Unfortunately I'm in transit at the moment, so I'm going to compose this post entirely from my memory, but I'll provide more information when I get to my destination.


The law that created the Nigerian Environmental Safety Regulatory Agency (NESREA) empowers it to set noise limits. Individuals and organisations must comply with this limit or they will be made to pay fines for every day that they contravene the regulation and they can also be jailed. Unfortunately I can't remember what the limit is.


In Lagos State, LASEPA has set a limit of 55 decibels during the day and 45 decibels at night. I watched an episode of Sunrise Daily (between 2005 and 2009) in which the then commissioner of environment, Dr Muiz Banire talked about noise pollution.

He said that he tested the generator in his home and discovered that he was contravening the law and he had to get it soundproofed. He said that citizens could complain to LASEPA and LASEPA would initially issue a warning to the defaulter to reduce the noise being emitted. Then they will conduct inspections to see if their warning is being complied with and lastly, they will seal the property if the problem continues.


I've posted a long list of example of action taken against churches, mosques, bars, factories, hotels etc. and ways in which you can contact LASEPA. I'll search for them when I get to my destination or you can use the Nairaland search bar and type " Naptu2 Lasepa "

naptu2:
I think this is a really good opportunity to look at things from the other side.

Lagos State environmental agencies have been in the news recently because they've been carrying out regulatory enforcement. We've heard stories about places that have been shut or demolished, we've heard the side of the owners of those places and we've heard the side of the government. There is one side that has been missing in all of these.

You see, in most cases the government doesn't just go to shut down or demolish these premises. In most cases government action is as a result of complaints from members of the public. Complaints like the one below.

And just as the owners of the shut or demolished properties are not happy with government, many of the complainants are also not happy with government.

As has often been said, government doesn't just go to demolish or seal places. They usually do this only after a lot of warnings have been ignored. Those warnings are also a problem for the complainant. I'll give you some examples.


The government recently demolished some structures that were built on the Ikota canal and it is still going to demolish more structures. It was proven that the government has issued several warnings to the owners of those properties since 2019.

I told you that I saw tweets by someone that was complaining about those structures. He said that they had also warned the owners of the structures many times. He said that they experience flooding in their area because the owners had blocked the canal. He tweeted before and after pictures of the area.

Now imagine that you are that complainant above and you have complained to the government since 2019 and nothing has been done because the government was warning the owners and giving them time to voluntarily remove their structures. Imagine that you have been suffering the floods every year, but government has done nothing about your complaints, how would you feel?

I remember when the former head of LASEPA gave details of their processes. He said that they don't just shut places down for noise pollution. They first advise them, that is, tell them what the problem is and how they can solve it, then they come back later to monitor the situation (or the complainant can complain again), then they issue a first warning if the situation is still the same, then a second warning and then they seal off the property.

Some Nigerians have no patience for that.

I was advising someone to contact LASEPA a few years ago, when another person butted in and said that LASEPA doesn't do anything. He said that they are only there to collect money for regulations.

Yet I know many people that have had their problems solved satisfactorily by LASEPA. I guessed that the guy had a complaint and didn't have the patience to follow through and I was right.

A very good example is that girl that reported a church. She made a tweet thread about it and I converted it into a Nairaland thread. She didn't just report the church once. She reported them and they started praying against her, then she reported them several more times and they eventually had to change the location of their vigil because LASEPA was on their case.

Aha! Here's the thread.

Woman Reports Noisy Church To LASEPA. Forces Them To Change Venue Of Vigil
https://www.nairaland.com/5170712/woman-reports-noisy-church-lasepa


This is a screenshot of someone reporting an abbatoir. He was responding to a tweet by a government official about the fact that the market management at Alaba Rago organised a cleanup campaign after seeing what has happened to other markets in Lagos.

Chikel20000:
Dis is real development....no one should cry if witch-hunting.....dis is in line with standards ....

CaptainRogers:
Eko ti baaje already

CaptainRogers:
Eko ti baaje already

naptu2:
Contact the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA).

Chikel20000:
Dis is real development....no one should cry if witch-hunting.....dis is in line with standards ....

DWJOBScom:
This is beautiful before the horrible people turn everywhere to business places

DenreleDave:
This is great....

Enough of noise in residential areas

obi58:
More Business places means more jobs and less crime. More jobs mean more income, more income means more taxes, more taxes mean better infrastructure.

I hope you get my drift?

drololaaof:
guy
Gradually sanity is coming on board. It will however bring hardship to many worshippers who will have to travel long distance to worship center due to the current economic hardship at a time the attendance has dwindled.

DWJOBScom:
We do no need the chaos that comes with it
There are other places where businesses can be set up without messing up residential peace