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Up to 70 churches, 20 mosques and about 11 hotels, club houses and
beer parlours were shut down by the Lagos State Government on Wednesday.
According to Vanguard, this was in a move aimed at reducing noise in the state.
The General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency
(LASEPA), Bola Shabi, who made this known, said that henceforth, the
state government would no longer allow make-shift buildings to be used
as places of worship.
Shabi said: “Precisely about 70 churches, 20 mosques and about
11 hotels, club houses and beer parlours were shut and we’ve given them
some directives to follow.
“We’ve been so strict now that we are not going to even allow
make-shift churches in the state any longer. “What I mean by make-shift,
using tents and uncompleted building, we are not going to allow that
any further in the state.
“But I will strongly tell you that the level of compliance is
more on the mosque area, because immediately you shut them, they
instantly bring down their speakers or reduce the noise they make.’’ Shabi said that LASEPA planned to reduce noise in the state to 70 percent and to zero per cent by the year 2020.
“As at today, we are only able to reduce the noise level to
about 35 per cent. That is not a pass mark yet. So, until we reach that
target of 70 to 80 per cent, we will continue the enforcement.
Enforcement is a continuous exercise and we have set a target for
ourselves. We want to ensure that Lagos is noise-free by the year 2020.
With our status as a mega city, by year 2020 we will be free of noise,’’ he said.
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