OYO GOVT SEALS CHURCH IN IBADAN OVER NOISE POLLUTION

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The Oyo State Government has sealed a new generation church at Golden Estate, Oluyole, Ibadan, the state capital

The church was closed due to noise pollution, according to the state government.

It was mentioned that the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources had tried in vain to negotiate between the complainants, locals, and the church administration before taking action against a branch of Christ Life Church in the area.

Architect Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, stated as much on Friday.

He continued by saying that in order to prevent unnecessarily high levels of tension between the locals and the church on Sunday, the state administration had no choice but to close the church premises.

He said that officials of the Ministry on receipt of several complaints from next door residents to the church, over the incessant noise, through official letters and phone calls, visited the area, on Thursday 9th November, 2023.

He maintained that the team recorded the sound level of the church activities at intervals, starting from praise and worship, with the average reading of 74 decibels.

He declared that the action of the church contravened the Extant Environmental Regulations of 2023, Section 58, Paragraph (b) which states that the noise limits for residential areas at daytime must not exceed 65 decibels.

He emphasized that a resolution meeting was held with the parties in the ministry’s conference room on 29th November 2023, where the church refused to sign the undertaking letter, with the excuse to get approval from its headquarters and report back on Monday 4th December, 2023.

He insisted that the state government decided to seal the church due to the continued disobedience to the regulations.