Ilorin residents decry deafening noise from religious houses

Date: 2020-03-19

Some residents of Awolowo Way, Ilorin, Kwara State capital are decrying what they referred to as religious noise pollution in their environment, and are calling on the government to intervene. The residents said the noise apart from its nuisance act, often deprived them of the comfort of their houses and the required hours of sleep.

Storming The Guardian office yesterday in Ilorin with their complaints, they urged the state government to through the act of the State Assembly regulate the activities of the concerned religious organizations.

The noise from one of the cone speakers or horn speakers in a particular religious house measured up to100 decibels. In that religious house is mounted four horn speakers measuring 400 decibels releasing deafening noises into residential houses adjoining the building.

A consultant Otorhinolaryngology from University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) who equally clamoured for anonymity, said the normal amount of decibels for the ear should be 80. He cautioned residents of industrial layouts and those living around the airport to relocate, as such persons daily receive between 100 and 120 decibels into their eardrums. The Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist said such noise could lead to permanent loss of hearing.

Reacting to the development, the Commissioner for Environment, Aliyu Muhammad Saifuddeen, said: "Noise pollution is a trend that is frowned at all over the world because of its consequences for public health. Kwara cannot be an exception. The Ministry, therefore, calls on our people to exercise restraints and be conscious of the consequences of their actions on the environment and other people."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ayinde Oyepitan     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Salman Jawondo     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Salihu S. Yaru     Abdulwahab Ololele     Quranic Recitation Competition     Akorede     CACOVID Palliatives     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Aminat Ahmed     Igosun     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Offa Grammer School     AbdulRauf Keji     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Oko Erin     Sambo Murtala     Umar Ayinla Saro     Gbemisola Saraki     SSA Youth     SSUCOEN     Saliu Alamoyo     Saadu Yusuf     Ola Falade     Tunji Oyawoye     Sherif Shagaya     Raji AbdulRasaq     Diagnostic Centre     Aliyu Umar     Ahmed Dankaya     Dagbalodo     Usman Alkali Baba     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Rapheal Ashaolu     Labour Party     Senate President     Adesoye College     Hauwa Nuru     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Forgo Battery     Muhammed Akanbi     A.E. Afolabi     Innocent Okoye     CKNG     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     AbdulRahman Saad     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Balogun-Ojomu     Elections     Ogbondoroko     KWAFFA     ER-KANG Mining     Sai Kayi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Olukotun Of Ikotun     International Vocational Centre     Olatunji Ayeni     Toyosi Thomas     Ahmed Alhasssan     Park     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Kola Ologbondiyan     Baruten     Kwara South     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Opobiyi     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Isiaka Oniwa     Public Holiday     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Makama     Agbarere     TETFUND     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Adedeji Onimago    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

IsDB     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     College Of Education     Tsado Manman     Pacify Labs     Nigerian Medical Association     Atunwa     Ilorin Like-Minds     Magaji Erubu     Kulende     Yusuf Aiyedun     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Umar Adelodun     Transition Implementation Committee     S.O. Opowoye     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Danhawa     Alabi Lawal     Egbejila     Opobiyi     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Musa Aibinu     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Bola Sagaya     CBT     Ajayi Okasanmi     Chief Of Staff     Suleiman Abubakar     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Babs Iwarere     Iyabo Adewuyi     Kamoru Kadiri     Ita-Ore     Ogbondoroko     Amoyo     Rashidi Yekini     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Sarkin Malamai     Amasa     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Moshood Mustapha     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Kwara State Football Association     Vasolar Consortium     GGDSS Pakata     ASKOMP     Pilgrims Board     Isin     Oloriegbe     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Budo-Egba     Erubu     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Offa Descendants Union     Ahman Pategi University     Asa LGEA School     KWASEIC     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ramadhan     Ilorin Central Mosque     Kisira     Bayo Lawal     Bankole Omishore     Laolu Saraki     Bursary     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Simeon Ajibola     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Mufti Of Ilorin     Yomi Adeboye     Funmi Salau