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07-01-2016, 12:41 PM
LAGOS: Authorities in Nigeria´s commercial hub of Lagos have shut down dozens of churches, mosques and hotels in a bid cut **ise pollution, officials said Thursday.
The sprawling city of some 20 million people is **torious for heavy traffic jams and the deafening **ise of churches and mosques that use horns and loudspeakers to spread their message.
"It´s true that 70 churches, 20 mosques and 11 hotels, club houses and beer parlours have been shut down across the state," an official of Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), who did **t want to be named, told AFP.
She said LASEPA boss Rasheed Adebola Shabi ordered the closure after the churches and mosques refused to comply with a government order to reduce **ise pollution.
"The affected churches and mosques were directed to remove the horns and loudspeakers placed outside so as **t to disturb the public with their activities but they refused," she said.
The official said the government was aiming at a zero-**ise level in the next four years.
She added: "We want to ensure that Lagos is **ise-free by the year 2020. With our status as a megacity, by year 2020 we will be free of **ise".
She said the agency would ** longer allow makeshift buildings to be used as places of worship in the state.
The government has restricted blaring of horns and sirens by motorists to reduce **ise and pollution in the highly crowded city.
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The sprawling city of some 20 million people is **torious for heavy traffic jams and the deafening **ise of churches and mosques that use horns and loudspeakers to spread their message.
"It´s true that 70 churches, 20 mosques and 11 hotels, club houses and beer parlours have been shut down across the state," an official of Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), who did **t want to be named, told AFP.
She said LASEPA boss Rasheed Adebola Shabi ordered the closure after the churches and mosques refused to comply with a government order to reduce **ise pollution.
"The affected churches and mosques were directed to remove the horns and loudspeakers placed outside so as **t to disturb the public with their activities but they refused," she said.
The official said the government was aiming at a zero-**ise level in the next four years.
She added: "We want to ensure that Lagos is **ise-free by the year 2020. With our status as a megacity, by year 2020 we will be free of **ise".
She said the agency would ** longer allow makeshift buildings to be used as places of worship in the state.
The government has restricted blaring of horns and sirens by motorists to reduce **ise and pollution in the highly crowded city.
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