THE Lagos State Government says the use of loud public address systems by worship centres and motor parks among others, constitute noise pollution and will never be tolerated in the state.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Mr. Oluwatoyin Onisarotu, said this on Thursday while reminding Lagosians that the monthly environmental sanitation would be held on Saturday.
Onisarotu said the continuous use of loud public address system in the state was a defiant act to government’s plan for a progressive Lagos.
He said, “The government will no longer tolerate the use of loud public address system by worship centres and motor parks among others. It will be recalled that the state had banned such use. Worship centres can only use microphones within their worship buildings.
“Lagosians should support and key into Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s vision of a progressive Lagos.”
Speaking on the sanitation, the permanent secretary said the vision of a cleaner and healthier environment in the state would continue with the Ambode’s administration, adding that the exercise would hold between 7am and 10am with attendant restriction of human and vehicular movements.
He urged the residents to use the period to clean their drains and clear other environmental nuisances in their neighbourhood.
“The period is not meant for football playing or any social gathering, rather it is meant for active environmental sanitation.
“The state is presently enjoying the August break period of less rainfall. Lagosians should take advantage of this break to further clear their drains for free flow of water whenever it rains heavily,” he added.
Onisarotu urged the people of the state to stop dumping waste into drainage channels to save lives and property.
He warned transport operators to comply with the restriction order on human and vehicular movement, saying any vehicle caught violating the order would be impounded, while passengers in such vehicles would be prosecuted.
The Punch
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