LASEPA shuts churches, mosque over noise pollution

Oloruntimilehin Ayomide
The officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA have shutdown Christ Embassy church, Iyana-Ipaja, mosques and others over noise pollution.
In total on Saturday, 20 facilities had been shut by the government to resolve the hazards of environmental nuisance across the state and to restore sanity and orderliness.
However the General manager of LASEPA, Adedolapo Fasawe caution the public, most especially unrepentant noise polluters to stop the act of attacking its officials while discharging their duties otherwise they face the full wrath of the law.
Fasawe felt disappointed with the frequent attacks on its officials from carrying out their duties by anonymous hoodlums hired by facility owners to prevent lawful application of the law, saying that the law enforcement agents all over the world were not always in the good book of offenders, whose primary aim was to subvert law and pervert cause of justice at all cost.
According to the General Manager, the agency was attacked by hoodlums at the Westgate Lounge, Omole and sky Lounge, Oko Oba while they were performing their duties to shutdown the facilities for their frequent noise and failure to obey the law.
“Enforcing environmental law in our society that thrives on impunity will require enlisting maximum support of the members of the public. Especially our clerics, opinion, political and market leaders to lend their voices to the campaign and condemn the unwarranted but coordinated attacks being launched on the officials while performing their duties” she said.
Fasawe addressed the on-going insinuation and campaign of misrepresentation against the agency by some mischief that a particular religion was being targeted in the fight against noise pollution.
“Our operation devoid all religious coloration and no particular religion are targeted, our primary objectives is to ensure decorum and sanity in the state.
In the past months, the agency has being recording great success which must be supported by all rather than pointless attack of intention by means of misinformation, misinterpretation and deliberate negative reports to disrupt the agency and cause misunderstanding among the people.
“We have deployed various innovations and techniques to tackle environmental pollution, especially in the area of noise pollution all to no avail, such as engaging the public through support, social mobilization programs, stakeholder’s forum, Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and lastly the use of enforcement as last resort in maintaining sanity,” she said.