{"id":20674,"date":"2024-11-06T21:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20674"},"modified":"2024-11-06T21:06:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T21:06:14","slug":"lagos-cracks-down-on-noise-pollution-shuts-churches-lounges-and-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20674","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Cracks Down on Noise Pollution, Shuts Churches, Lounges, and Hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lasepa.gov.ng\/shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> (LASEPA) announced on Wednesday that it had sealed several churches and recreational centers for noise pollution violations across the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20678 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4059-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4059-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4059-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4059-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4059-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4059-750x563.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4059-1140x855.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4059.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">In a statement shared on its \u2018X\u2019 handle, <a href=\"https:\/\/lasepa.gov.ng\/shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LASEPA<\/a> explained that \u201cas part of ongoing efforts to combat noise pollution and other environmental infractions, enforcement teams closed multiple establishments in areas including Ogudu, Gbagada, Iyana Ejigbo, Isolo, Ajao Estate, Oshodi, Ilasamaja, and Okota.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20680 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4058-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4058-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4058-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4058-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4058-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4058-750x563.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4058-1140x855.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4058.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The affected establishments include Honourable Lounge &amp; Lodging, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Celestial Church of God, OMA Night Club and Lounge, Bridge Spot Bar, Okiki Event Centre and Hall, Emota Paradise Hotel (Phase 2), CF Hotel &amp; Suites, House 27 Hotel &amp; Suites, Echo Spring Hotel, and Smile T Continental Hotel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">LASEPA stated that these businesses had repeatedly violated environmental regulations despite prior warnings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20681 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4057-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4057-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4057-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4057-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4057-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4057-750x563.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4057-1140x855.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4057.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Emphasizing its zero-tolerance approach to non-compliance, LASEPA urged all establishments to fulfill their environmental obligations to support a cleaner, more sustainable Lagos.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) announced on Wednesday that it had sealed several churches and recreational centers for noise pollution violations across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9417,9415,7965,138,7655,9418,9416],"class_list":["post-20674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","tag-churches","tag-cracks-down","tag-hotels","tag-lagos","tag-lasepa","tag-lounges","tag-noise-pollution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20674"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20682,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20674\/revisions\/20682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}