22 churches have been shut down for noisy worship in Lagos state. The
head of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Adebola Shabi,
who disclosed this yesterday August 27th, said the agency shut down the
churches following a series of complaints of disturbance by residents of
the area where the churches are located.
"On
my phone alone, I get 20 SMS on a daily basis. In the next five years,
if there is no stringent policy on the siting of religious houses, there
will be problem. With
the enforcement today, we would have sealed about 55 premises because
the last enforcement we carried out, we shut 33 premises. I gave
approval for closure of 22 premises today, making 55"
Neighbours
of one church, Jesus Our Lord Divine Catholic Prayer Ministry, said
they were constantly disturbed by a congregation of mainly pregnant
women, young mothers and their children. Shabi said the churches would
be allowed to reopen after paying fines starting from N50,000.
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