Lagos Bans Use Of Microphone, Amplifiers At Motor Packs Over Noise Pollution

Lagos State Government, Tuesday, placed a ban on the use of sound amplifiers, microphones and other forms of sound systems at motor garages and parks across aimed at curtailing noise pollution as well as ensuring a noiseless, healthy environment.

Oluwatoyin Fayinka who is the Special Adviser to Governor on Transportation, announced this yesterday, at a joint-press briefing organised by the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment through the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA and the Ministry of Transportation, at Alausa, Lagos.

It warned that violators, who use amplifiers or other noise-making devices to call passengers or advertise goods within the State, will be arrested and made to face the full wrath of the law.

During the briefing to enlighten the public about the menace of noise pollution in all Lagos Motor Parks/Garages, Fayinka lamented the indiscriminate use of megaphones and speakers to attract passengers at Motor Parks.

He stressed that defaulting motor parks would also be shut, while those caught using noise generating devices within the motor parks would be sanctioned.

He said;

“This new directive is effective from today; any motor park found to be using amplifiers or any noise-making device is culpable and must be ready to face the consequences.

“The park monitoring committee has been mandated to monitor motor parks across the State for total compliance and enforcement. This is to restore sanity and entrench the right of other Lagosians to a noiseless environment”.

The General Manager of LASEPA, Dr Dolapo Fasawe, said from Wednesday (9 February 2022) it is illegal for any motor park in Lagos to make use of sound amplifiers and other noise-making devices while calling on passengers, saying that any park found doing so would face the wrath of the law.

She said that section 177 of the Lagos State Environmental Management and Protection Law 2017 prohibits the use of a public address system or loudspeaker to solicit passengers or advertise the sale of goods at parks, markets and public places.

The GM, said there is a specified amount of decibel of noise required in the daytime and night, adding that anyone who flouts the new directive would be severely sanctioned.