LASEPA said the owners of the facilities
had been contacted several times in the last one year, adding that they refused
to fully complied with LASEPA’s instructions.
At a mosque in Ketu ─ Olorunkemi Mosque ─ the leaders claimed to have taken
down their speakers as instructed by the agency almost immediately.
However, the
mosque was sealed for allegedly not complying fully with LASEPA’s instruction.
Other places also sealed include the Rain of Power and Miracles Ministry
Church, Lekki; Christ Apostolic Church, Lekki; Duckland Hotels and Suites,
Ikorodu; and Mela Rossa Club, Victoria Island.
At the Hardley
Apartments, it was noticed that the generators powering the hotel had large
exhaust pipes facing the road.
The Director of
Enforcement, Kayode Bello, ordered that one of the generators be tested, and it
was discovered that it gave off thick gaseous emissions.
Bello said,
“Even the sound is going to be more than 45 decibels at night. We want you to
comply ─ that is the reason we are here. We have been on this for more than a
year.”
The doors and gates of the hotel were subsequently chained, and plastered with
the LASEPA seal.
Later at a press
briefing in Ikeja, LASEPA General Manager, Rasheed Shabi said, “The environment
belongs to every one of us. Lagosians need to live in peace. A survey was
carried out by an international organisation and it was discovered that 60 per
cent of Nigerians have hearing problem.
“LASEPA, in the
last two to three years, has been conducting surveys on religious houses, and
our findings revealed that 95 per cent of them do not have approval to operate
in Lagos.
“Most houses and club houses do not have fiscal planning approval. Before you
can build any hotel anywhere in the world, there must be an environmental
impact assessment.
“Most of the
markets we have in Lagos State; we have people using trucks to sell their
products with speakers to disturb the peace of Lagosians. Soon, we will tow as
many trucks as possible to get them off the streets.”
Shabi said the
owner of the places sealed would sign an undertaking that they would comply
with instructions meant to clean up the environment.
“After today, the enforcement unit will go round. Anybody that breaks the seal
has violated the Lagos State law. We will then involve the Ministry of
Justice,” Shabi added
No comments:
Post a Comment