Lagos shuts 53 churches, mosques hotels for constituting nuisance

No fewer than 53 churches,mosques and
hotels have been shut down by the Lagos
State Government over noise pollution
and other environmental offences.
According to the General Manager, Lagos
State Environmental Protection Agency,
LASEPA, Adebola Shabi, the agency had
received persistent complaints from
residents and neighbours of the shut
facilities.He also said, some of the sealed
worship centres were converted from
residential apartments to places of
worship, constituting nuisance to other
residents.
He said
“In recent times, most of the
petitions kept coming to us. It was
as if we are not working at all. That
was why we shut the facilities. “You
cannot have makeshift structures
and say you want to be conducting
services or vigils there. Definitely,
you will be disturbing your
neighbours. So, the government
won’t allow the use of makeshift
structures as a church or mosque.
“Nobody is allowed to make a noise
above 55 decibel during the day in
residential areas and only 45
decibel is allowed in such areas at
night. In industrial areas, 90
decibel of noise level is allowed
during the day, while the noise rate
must not exceed 80 decibel at
night.”