As a result of this, I check well before renting an apartment. I make sure there is no church, mosque, beeer parlour, barbing salon close to it. I also make sure there is no woman that owns a commercial grinding machine close to it.
Last Sunday morning while I was still sleeping ( I don't go to church on Sundays nowadays, I rest ), I started hearing noises. Upon enquiry, I found out that a church just rented a flat two buildings to my house.
They now mounted this two gigantic loud speakers in the balcony and blasted activities from inside the church.
I'm waiting for Saturday to come, that community meeting that I hardly attend, I will attend it and table their matter.
It's high time all states in Nigeria make a law to clamp down on noise pollution. They should punish offenders, not like their usual law that is only written on paper.
Nigeria is bigger than some African countries that I have been to, where you don't hear noise on the streets of major cities.
I'm waiting for Saturday to come, that community meeting that I hardly attend, I will attend it and table their matter.
It's high time all states in Nigeria make a law to clamp down on noise pollution. They should punish offenders, not like their usual law that is only written on paper.
Nigeria is bigger than some African countries that I have been to, where you don't hear noise on the streets of major cities.
It's commendable that the Lagos State Government is taking proactive steps to address noise pollution, it shows a commitment to improving the quality of life for residents. Noise pollution disrupts not only sanity but also health, causing stress, sleep disturbances, and other adverse effects.
ReplyDeleteIf you're dealing with persistent noise pollution, reporting it to the appropriate authorities is the right move. Lagos has specific agencies, like LASEPA (Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency), that handle such cases. Ensuring compliance with these regulations fosters a more serene and livable environment for everyone. Your sanity and peace should indeed be non-negotiable!
We are I the same shoes. If I'm sleeping and a pin drops, I will open my eyes except if I take cough syrup or cattarh medication.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why they must mount speakers outside to disturb the neighborhood.
This reminds me of Bv Marigold that got giveaway to buy a new loudspeaker or so for her church. It's been months she commented, I hope she is fine.
I noticed that the mosque that shouts so loudly early mornings has stopped. I am in one of the south south states,it’s really strange,early morning around 4 am they start shouting ,e be like they don go warn them.
ReplyDeleteE reach to warn them abeg or they moved because ko le work rarara.
My brother do as you please, but Nwanne be guided,people are not smiling.
It goes two ways
1.yes what he is saying is true
2. You wan come tell us wetin we go do
Especially if the landlord of the house is guided and his cabal mates are there.
Gauge before you speak Nwanne
Make them no stone you something
Or try buy ear muffs when you know say they don’t start
If you pursue person tenant you go replace am….
Honestly sometime I wonder as Christians if we truly read our bibles to understand the word or just to use when praying or for argument purposes....We behave like the Pharisees which Jesus vehemently criticized....
ReplyDeleteWe fail to forget that some people might be battling illness, some people need time to rest and also our senior citizens that we fail to consider....You don't need to be loud before God hears us - we are not worshipping a man made God....
Thank God for LASEPA that take complaints of noise pollution very seriously...This is because the neighbourhood where my church is sited has reported us to them and they gave us a very STRONG WARNING...Our vicar had to warn all church groups to stop the loud music & programmes....
Let your community officials do something about this...It's unfair.....
I can imagine, any little noise disrupts my sleep, followed with head ache.
ReplyDeleteA church was reported around my area, and the speakers were dismantled. Please go an report to LASEPA.
If this poster does not live in Lagos, he may not be successful with the report. I think it's only Lagos government that is taking steps to curtail it
DeleteEven a knock disrupts my sleep and I exactly your first paragraph. May eyes turns red and headache for the rest of the day
ReplyDeleteThankGod The School close to my House has moved to another place the noise no be here oo,
ReplyDeleteOne celebrity Tailor nah so him dog dey disturb then , I no dey see the dog again
The Comedian for Upstairs has also move out before every Friday person no dey hear word..
Hello iya Boys
Na so our dog dey stress me the owner sef with barking till street people did Africa to him( a guess o). The dog caught ear infection that was terrible and difficult to treat, we moved from Vet to Vet before it got better and it's barking reduced by 50%• We almost sell it because of the barking.
DeleteThis noise pollution na serious concern.
ReplyDeleteYou can't even rest in your own house.😩
Noise of any kind disturbs my brain. This my shop neighbor is guilty of noise pollution. Her two toddlers will be crying, she won't even try to make them keep quiet. The children will be crying for hours and she will ignore them.
ReplyDeleteThere is a mosque beside my house and a church opposite my house...d church own is only on Sundays...while d mosque.. d only time u will hear noise from them is on Friday (jummat)...
ReplyDeleteTheir morning prayer is what even wakes me during the week..
In all... moderation is d key
Life no balance oo, when me dey complain say my street too quite SMH
ReplyDeleteI hate noise pollution. I remember the first estate I lived in when I moved to Lagos. Gosh. On my streets alone had 6 churches. One building had 2 churches. The opposite one was Jehovah's witness. Then a little bit further was cele. You can literally stay in your house and still feel like you're in church. It was crazy
ReplyDeleteI was exyto read that the noise na doggy noise sef 😗😗 if the noise no suit you just wear your clothes and join them nah that's my country for you
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