Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - Kwara State Government, on Monday, commenced clamp down on facilities where compliance with regulations on noise pollution has been found to be unsatisfactory.
Six facilities were sealed off during a tour of the Ilorin
metropolis for non-compliance with regulations on noise pollution.
Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge, who
spoke after a tour of the Ilorin metropolis on Monday, noted that “we have been
very diplomatic with business owners whose object of trade revolves around
generating noise but we can no longer marry that with the discomfort it creates
for members of the public, especially within residential areas”.
The Commissioner, who was represented by the Permanent
Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Dr. Abubakar Ayinla, disclosed that
the ministry had been inundated with several reports and complaints on daily
basis, hence, “folding our arms may mean endorsement, so we have commenced the
sealing of the relevant facilities where noise beyond those acceptable for
normal human beings escape to the immediate vicinity”, she said.
“Those who want to trade in noise should prepare well,
sound-proof their facilities or stay within the stipulated guidelines that have
been communicated to the managers of all such facilities,” the commissioner
added.
She disclosed that the ministry sealed six of them on
Monday, and would continue the exercise until the desirable level of compliance
that would minimise noise pollution, is achieved.
The Commissioner called on members of the public and
religious bodies to adhere strictly to the noise level control that should not
exceed 55 decibels in the daytime and 40 decibels at night, adding that “this
is important for our health and general wellbeing”.
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