Ogun State Government says it has sanctioned One Hundred and Seventy Five {175 } noise polluters including religious centres, entertainment houses and commercial outlets in 2024, just as forty five (45) of them were closed down
The State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Ola Oresanya revealed this in a statement made available to Edu-Biznews on Wednesday, to mark the 2025 International Noise Awareness Day which has its theme "Protect Your Hearing, Protect Your Health".
He however called on residents of the state to sustain communication in their environment without making noise
According to him,while communication is important,noise pollution is not only an environmental issue but a nuisance that has significant impact on the lives of the people and a serious public concern .
"It is realization of this the Ministry of Environment is using the celebration to remind residents of maximum permissible noise level for residential places, places off worship,places of Entertainment and Commercial areas"
"For residential areas, the permissible level is 50 decibel during daytime and 35 decibel during night time, for places of worship the permissible level for daytime is 60 decibel and 40 decibel during night time while that of places of Entertainment and Commercial Centres are equally pegged at 60 decibels and 40 decibel for day and night times"
Oresanya therefore called on households, community leaders and operators of entertainment and commercial centers to abide by the standard decibel as it relates to them to avoid being sanctioned
He also used the opportunity to call on Community Development Association CDA's in the state to institute maximum permissible noise level in their areas which must be agreed to collectively and obeyed and pledged the state government's continuous efforts at embarking on public enlightenment programmes, stakeholders engagements and moral persuasion to drive home the need for voluntary permissible noise level compliance.
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