| LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by naptu2: 1:24am On Jan 31 |
Tunde Ajayi is the general manager of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA). Tunde Ajayi @thetundeajayi Lagos State Government has given 30-day final notice to owners/occupiers of residential buildings illegally converted to churches, mosques, clubhouses, lounges, and bars across the state without approval for change of use, to revert to the original use of the structure.
The notice is a sequel to the distortion of the masterplan of Lagos State, especially residential areas, by some people who in gross disregard to the regulatory provisions of the law turned residential areas into clubhouses and worship centres thereby constituting a nuisance to the environment.
The removal notice became imperative following security concerns of citizens and repeated complaints of non-adherence to safety and security guidelines issued to the club owners.
ANY owner of buildings in residential areas that have been converted to churches, mosques, clubs, bars or lounges without the requisite approvals should evict such occupants before the expiration of the 30 days’ final notice as the state will not give further notice of sealing but outright removal of such non-conforming buildings at the cost of the owners.
@LasepaOfficial
#noiselesslagos https://twitter.com/thetundeajayi/status/1752456245376700866 34 Likes 3 Shares 
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| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by naptu2: 1:24am On Jan 31 |
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| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by naptu2: 1:24am On Jan 31 |
naptu2:
Lasepa has taken action against lots of churches, mosques, music stores, hotels, bars and factories that have been engaged in noise pollution and there are many nairaland threads about those incidents, so I'll encourage you to complain, because the system works.
2009 threads.
Lagos Shuts Redeemed Christian Church Of God, Academy Press And Other Companies.
https://www.nairaland.com/345207/lagos-shuts-redeemed-christian-church
Fashola May Close Down Us Embassy Warehouse
https://www.nairaland.com/256257/fashola-may-close-down-us
Fashola Seals Oyakhilome’s Warehouse
https://www.nairaland.com/371035/fashola-seals-oyakhilomes-warehouse
“shackled By Laws On Noise Pollution”
https://www.nairaland.com/361263/shackled-laws-noise-pollution
2010 thread
Lagos Orders Churches To Remove Loud Speakers
https://www.nairaland.com/487060/lagos-orders-churches-remove-loud
2011 thread
Lagos To Re-open United Nigeria Textiles
https://www.nairaland.com/744800/lagos-re-open-united-nigeria-textiles
2012 threads
Lagos State shuts down Lord's Chosen, 6 other churches because of noise pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/876166/lagos-shuts-down-lords-chosen
Fashola, Clerics To Tackle Noise Pollution In Lagos
https://www.nairaland.com/1056540/fashola-clerics-tackle-noise-pollution
2013 threads
Lagos May Shut Abattoir Market
https://www.nairaland.com/1236877/lagos-may-shut-abattoir-market
79-year-old Lady Sues Redeemed Church For Noise Pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/1171114/79-year-old-lady-sues-redeemed-church
2015 threads
Lagos State Shuts Down Churches, Mosques, Over Noise Pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/2286013/lagos-state-shuts-down-churches
Lagos Seals Kanu Nwankwo’s Hotel, Worship Centres
https://www.nairaland.com/2500532/lagos-seals-kanu-nwankwos-hotel
22 Noisy Churches Shut Down In Lagos State
https://www.nairaland.com/2558926/22-noisy-churches-shut-down
Lagos Shuts 53 Churches, Mosques, Hotels
https://www.nairaland.com/2792857/lagos-shuts-53-churches-mosques
2016 Thread
Lagos Seals 70 Churches, 20 Mosques, 11 Hotels For Noise Pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/3184760/lagos-seals-70-churches-20
2017 Thread
Lagos Bans Live Band At Beer Parlours.
https://www.nairaland.com/3695063/lagos-bans-live-band-beer
2019 Threads
Noise Pollution: Lagos State Seals 8 Mosques And Churches
https://www.nairaland.com/5536868/noise-pollution-lagos-state-seals
Woman Reports Noisy Church To LASEPA. Forces Them To Change Venue Of Vigil
https://www.nairaland.com/5170712/woman-reports-noisy-church-lasepa,
Quilox Shut Down By Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency
https://www.nairaland.com/5595788/quilox-shut-down-lagos-state
2020
Government shuts Lagos churches, mosques over noise pollution
https://www.lasepa.gov.ng/govt-shuts-lagos-churches-mosques-over-noise/
2022
Noise Pollution: Lagos Shuts Quilox Club
https://www.nairaland.com/7496515/noise-pollution-lagos-shuts-quilox
2023
LASEPA Shuts Down Olaiya Foods & Bukka Hut In Lekki Phase 1 Over Noise Pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/7888180/lasepa-shuts-down-olaiya-foods
LASEPA Shuts Down Lennox Mall, Sailor Lounge, Etc For Environmental Pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/7861462/lasepa-shuts-down-lennox-mall
LASEPA Shuts Churches, Mosques, Bars & Hotels In Alimosho For Noise Pollution
https://www.nairaland.com/7896657/lasepa-shuts-churches-mosques-bars
LASG Meets With Entertainment Captains Over Noise Pollution At Christmastime.
https://www.nairaland.com/7904896/lasg-meets-entertainment-captains-over
Lagos State Environmentalist Complains About Quilox Again
https://www.nairaland.com/7948345/lagos-state-environmentalist-complains-quilox
LASG Seals Quilox, Warns Sol, The Good And Landmark Beaches Over Safety Infracti
https://www.nairaland.com/7948465/lasg-seals-quilox-warns-sol
LASEPA Seals Carizma Hotel For Noise Pollution.
https://www.nairaland.com/7950692/lasepa-seals-carizma-hotel-noise
2024 threads
Abubakar Suleiman Makes Lasepa To Take Action.
https://www.nairaland.com/7961046/abubakar-suleiman-makes-lasepa-take 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by Chikel20000(m): 1:30am On Jan 31 |
Dis is real development....no one should cry if witch-hunting.....dis is in line with standards .... 41 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by naptu2: 1:55am On Jan 31 |
naptu2:
The Lagos State Government has held several meetings with religious leaders, club owners, etc. over the past 22 years to educate them about Lagos State laws on noise pollution and to tell them what they can do in order to comply with the law.
● Churches have been advised to remove external speakers and the big churches with powerful internal speakers have been advised to soundproof their halls.
● Nightclubs, bars and other such entertainment venues have been advised to soundproof their halls.
● Mosques have been advised not to use external speakers during prayers.
etc.
In recent times the traffic law enforcement agencies have also had issues with nightclubs that hold special events at Christmastime, but do not have enough parking space for their patrons and they end up parking on the road and obstructing traffic. The government has advised them to provide adequate parking space for their patrons. 1 Like 
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| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by naptu2: 1:57am On Jan 31 |
naptu2:
What you are asking for already exists both at the federal and state levels.
Unfortunately I'm in transit at the moment, so I'm going to compose this post entirely from my memory, but I'll provide more information when I get to my destination.
The law that created the Nigerian Environmental Safety Regulatory Agency (NESREA) empowers it to set noise limits. Individuals and organisations must comply with this limit or they will be made to pay fines for every day that they contravene the regulation and they can also be jailed. Unfortunately I can't remember what the limit is.
In Lagos State, LASEPA has set a limit of 55 decibels during the day and 45 decibels at night. I watched an episode of Sunrise Daily (between 2005 and 2009) in which the then commissioner of environment, Dr Muiz Banire talked about noise pollution.
He said that he tested the generator in his home and discovered that he was contravening the law and he had to get it soundproofed. He said that citizens could complain to LASEPA and LASEPA would initially issue a warning to the defaulter to reduce the noise being emitted. Then they will conduct inspections to see if their warning is being complied with and lastly, they will seal the property if the problem continues.
I've posted a long list of example of action taken against churches, mosques, bars, factories, hotels etc. and ways in which you can contact LASEPA. I'll search for them when I get to my destination or you can use the Nairaland search bar and type " Naptu2 Lasepa " 1 Like |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by naptu2: 2:00am On Jan 31 |
naptu2:
I think this is a really good opportunity to look at things from the other side.
Lagos State environmental agencies have been in the news recently because they've been carrying out regulatory enforcement. We've heard stories about places that have been shut or demolished, we've heard the side of the owners of those places and we've heard the side of the government. There is one side that has been missing in all of these.
You see, in most cases the government doesn't just go to shut down or demolish these premises. In most cases government action is as a result of complaints from members of the public. Complaints like the one below.
And just as the owners of the shut or demolished properties are not happy with government, many of the complainants are also not happy with government.
As has often been said, government doesn't just go to demolish or seal places. They usually do this only after a lot of warnings have been ignored. Those warnings are also a problem for the complainant. I'll give you some examples.
The government recently demolished some structures that were built on the Ikota canal and it is still going to demolish more structures. It was proven that the government has issued several warnings to the owners of those properties since 2019.
I told you that I saw tweets by someone that was complaining about those structures. He said that they had also warned the owners of the structures many times. He said that they experience flooding in their area because the owners had blocked the canal. He tweeted before and after pictures of the area.
Now imagine that you are that complainant above and you have complained to the government since 2019 and nothing has been done because the government was warning the owners and giving them time to voluntarily remove their structures. Imagine that you have been suffering the floods every year, but government has done nothing about your complaints, how would you feel?
I remember when the former head of LASEPA gave details of their processes. He said that they don't just shut places down for noise pollution. They first advise them, that is, tell them what the problem is and how they can solve it, then they come back later to monitor the situation (or the complainant can complain again), then they issue a first warning if the situation is still the same, then a second warning and then they seal off the property.
Some Nigerians have no patience for that.
I was advising someone to contact LASEPA a few years ago, when another person butted in and said that LASEPA doesn't do anything. He said that they are only there to collect money for regulations.
Yet I know many people that have had their problems solved satisfactorily by LASEPA. I guessed that the guy had a complaint and didn't have the patience to follow through and I was right.
A very good example is that girl that reported a church. She made a tweet thread about it and I converted it into a Nairaland thread. She didn't just report the church once. She reported them and they started praying against her, then she reported them several more times and they eventually had to change the location of their vigil because LASEPA was on their case.
Aha! Here's the thread.
Woman Reports Noisy Church To LASEPA. Forces Them To Change Venue Of Vigil
https://www.nairaland.com/5170712/woman-reports-noisy-church-lasepa
This is a screenshot of someone reporting an abbatoir. He was responding to a tweet by a government official about the fact that the market management at Alaba Rago organised a cleanup campaign after seeing what has happened to other markets in Lagos. 1 Like 1 Share 
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| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by cocolacec(m): 2:26am On Jan 31 |
Thank you Lagos. 5 Likes |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by immortalcrown(m): 2:49am On Jan 31 |
I love this.
Where are my Igbo brothers who ignorantly claim that every demolition by the Lagos State government is targeted to the Igbo people in Lagos? I want them to say something here.
Many parishes of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) will go down. 9 Likes |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by johnjay4u2u(m): 3:05am On Jan 31 |
Hehehe |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by KillahPriest: 3:06am On Jan 31 |
No be Lagos again ? Na their wahala. Quilox, how far ? 1 Like |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by epainos: 3:07am On Jan 31 |
If Lagos can get rid of these religious houses, I will be the happiest man on earth. If one doesn't look well that no church or mosque is close by to where one wants to rent an apartment, the fellow will almost run mad with the way these mad people make noise. One would think they are godly people, they are evil deceiving themselves with religious activities. 29 Likes 6 Shares |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by CaptainRogers(m): 3:08am On Jan 31 |
Eko ti baaje already 3 Likes |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by Honestey: 3:13am On Jan 31 |
No one can complain even if tempted to do so because of religion sentimentality 3 Likes |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by Bodmas02: 3:15am On Jan 31 |
Best bet for the development of Lagos State.Eko Oni Baje 4 Likes |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by femijamz: 3:21am On Jan 31 |
Half of reedem churches will go down 17 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by Iluvmycontr3: 3:35am On Jan 31 |
Chikel20000:
Dis is real development....no one should cry if witch-hunting.....dis is in line with standards .... Exactly. #If the FG were working the same way the LSG is working then Nigeria would hav been a place within a short period of time.. 3 Likes |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by Judolisco(m): 3:41am On Jan 31 |
Lagos Don turn yankee finish oh.... If any baga dey disturb you with music jst call police... Dem go close d place overnight 20 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by Coolestguy2023: 3:45am On Jan 31 |
CaptainRogers:
Eko ti baaje already Hater, Jealousy. Your hope and wish for Lagos or any part of Yoruba land will be what Amambra will become 31 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by seanfer(m): 4:06am On Jan 31 |
CaptainRogers:
Eko ti baaje already Relocate to your state of Origin. 18 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by tobstarizhia(m): 4:09am On Jan 31 |
TIME FOR ME TO SNITCH ON MY ANNOYING NOISY NEIGHBORS 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by drololaaof: 4:10am On Jan 31 |
naptu2:
Contact the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA).
guy Gradually sanity is coming on board. It will however bring hardship to many worshippers who will have to travel long distance to worship center due to the current economic hardship at a time the attendance has dwindled. 2 Likes |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by DenreleDave(m): 4:20am On Jan 31 |
This is great....
Enough of noise in residential areas 8 Likes |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by DWJOBScom(m): 4:30am On Jan 31 |
This is beautiful before the horrible people turn everywhere to business places 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by obi58: 4:30am On Jan 31 |
Chikel20000:
Dis is real development....no one should cry if witch-hunting.....dis is in line with standards .... Which standards exactly? Where are the standards when it comes to roads in Lagos? Health centres? Schools? Market places? Motor parks? Where are the standards when it comes to sanitising lastma? Where are standards when it comes to maintaining BRT buses which are fast beginning to look like blue molues? Have you been to the toilets at the Oshodi bus terminal recently? What's the state of facilities at LASU? LASPOTECH? How many scholarships has LASG provided? Business grants to budding entrepreneurs? What exactly is LASEMA doing to eradicate Agberos which one of the biggest environmental menaces in Lagos state? I hear in Abia state ticketing is now electronic for transporters so there are no Agberos anywhere. Won't this boost government revenue and improve the lives of Lagosians? My brother, charity begins at home. LASG needs to start first with revamping public infrastructure and improving the quality of social services before they start forming activity walking up and down looking for people's businesses and structures to destroy. 6 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by obi58: 4:35am On Jan 31 |
DWJOBScom:
This is beautiful before the horrible people turn everywhere to business places More Business places means more jobs and less crime. More jobs mean more income, more income means more taxes, more taxes mean better infrastructure. I hope you get my drift? |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by obi58: 4:37am On Jan 31 |
DenreleDave:
This is great....
Enough of noise in residential areas Don't by hypocritical. Don't you enjoy going to take a cold bottle of beer or watch match after a long day at work or at the weekends? Apart from the normal fun catching done at sit outs, Do you know how many business deals and alliances are done at sit outs? 1 Like 2 Shares |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by DWJOBScom(m): 4:39am On Jan 31 |
obi58:
More Business places means more jobs and less crime. More jobs mean more income, more income means more taxes, more taxes mean better infrastructure.
I hope you get my drift? We do no need the chaos that comes with it There are other places where businesses can be set up without messing up residential peace 7 Likes |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by obi58: 4:39am On Jan 31 |
drololaaof:
guy
Gradually sanity is coming on board. It will however bring hardship to many worshippers who will have to travel long distance to worship center due to the current economic hardship at a time the attendance has dwindled. Like I always say.. one size cap doesn't fit all. Soundproofing worship centres to curb noise pollution is not a bad idea but forcing them to relocate outside residential areas is taking it too far. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by Goodvibes007: 4:40am On Jan 31 |
Good one from LASG. |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by obi58: 4:42am On Jan 31 |
DWJOBScom:
We do no need the chaos that comes with it
There are other places where businesses can be set up without messing up residential peace That's where govt comes in. A responsible govt sets up guidelines and standards to ensure the chaos you refer to is averted and step in to correct errant businesses where necessary. Let's stop with this Taliban mentality of closing down people's businesses with reckless abandon when with the necessary support and guidance it can be a win win situation for all! |
| Re: LASG To Remove Residential Buildings Converted To Worship Centres & Clubs by bigdammyj: 4:46am On Jan 31 |
Great! 1 Like |
