Lagos State Shuts Down 53 Churches, Mosques, Hotels. (See Why)

Lagos State Government yesterday shut down 53
churches, mosques and hotels over noise pollution
and environmental nuisance in the state. Some of
the worship centres were shut because they were
converted from residential apartments to places
of worship thereby contravening the law and
constituting nuisance to neighbours.

Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency,
LASEPA General Manager, Engr Rasheed Shabi,
while commenting on the closures said the agency
received lots of complaints from residents and
neighbours of the worship centers .

“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. 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 facilities as a
church or mosque. Nobody is allowed to make
noise above 55 decibel during the day in the
residential area and only 45 decibel is allowed in
such area at night. In the industrial areas, 90
decibel of noise is allowed during the day while
the noise rate must not exceed 80 decibel at night
in such areas.

The compliance level is increasing. More residents
now understand the effect of noise. Some of the
religious houses are also complying with the noise
pollution regulations,”.

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