The Lagos State Government Tuesday read the riot act to owners of hotels, night clubs, leisure homes and religious centres shut for noise pollution, saying that they must get guaranteed from the Residents Associations from their host communities before they would be reopened.
New Telegraph learnt that with the new development, any night clubs’ bar, karaoke centre, churches and mosques in the state shut down due to noise pollution will henceforth not be reopened until a letter of guarantee is issued on their behalf by the residents association of such area.
This is will be in addition to the other penalties and sanctions the shut centre must have gone through after the closure by the relevant agencies.
The government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, stated that the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has been mandated to apply the full weight of the law in this wise.
He added that on a continuous basis, LASEPA officials will be going round such centres/homes and anyone found to have exceeded the allowed level of sound output will be closed down and the appropriate sanctions applied.
He added that the action became imperative because his office has been inundated with complaints and petitions from many residents and residents associations all over the state about the obnoxious noise levels of many of the leisure centres and religious homes. New Telegraph
