24 Churches Shut Down by Lagos State Government For Noise Pollution

No fewer than 24 churches were shut down in
2014 for going against state guidelines on noise
pollution, Lagos State government has said.
Reports say the state government further said the
new Material Recovery Facility, would be
established to capture the huge waste generated
daily and boost the Waste-to-wealth programme
in the state.
According to the Commissioner for
Environment,Tunji Bello and General Manager of
the Lagos State Environment Protection, LASEPA,
Ademola Shabi, an engineer, disclosed this at the
2015 ministerial press briefing held in Alausa
Secretariat, Ikeja.
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.
He 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. ”
According to him, “We have shut about 24
religious outfits in the last one year
because they failed to adhere to the state
guidelines on noise pollution. ”
The general manager explained that these
religious outfits contribute “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.