2025 INA Day: Ogun urges residents to sustain communication without  noise pollution

*Dr. Ola Oresanya, Honourable Commissioner for Environment, in Ogun State, urges residents of the state to sustain communication in their environment without making noise, noting the state sanctioned 175 religious centres, entertainment houses, and shut 45 others over noise pollution in 2024

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

As Nigeria Wednesday, April 30, 2025, joined the rest of the world to celebrate the 2025 International Noise Awareness (INA) Day, the Ogun State Government (OGSG) has urged residents of the state to sustain communication in their environment without making noise.

Dr. Ola Oresanya, Honourable Commissioner for Environment, in Ogun State, said this in a statement to mark the day with the theme, “Protect Your Hearing, Protect Your Health”.

Oresanya noted while communication is important, noise pollution is not only an environmental issue but a nuisance that has significant impact on the lives of the people and a serious public concern.

The Commissioner stated: “It is realisation of this the Ministry of Environment is using the celebration to remind residents of maximum permissible noise level for residential places, places of worship, places of Entertainment and Commercial areas.

“For residential areas, the permissible level is 50 decibel during daytime and 35 decibel during night time, for places of worship the permissible level for daytime is 60 decibel and 40 decibel during night time while that of places of Entertainment and Commercial Centres are equally pegged at 60 decibels and 40 decibel for day and night times.”

Oresanya, therefore, called on households, community leaders and operators of entertainment and commercial centers to abide by the standard decibel as it relates to them to avoid sanctions.

He further disclosed that the Ogun State Government sanctioned 175 noise polluters, notably religious centres, entertainment houses, and commercial outlets in 2024, while the authorities shut 45 others.

He called on the Community Development Associations (CDAs) in the state to institute maximum permissible noise level in their areas.

According to him, this must be agreed to collectively, and obeyed.

The Commissioner as well pledged the state government’s continuous efforts at embarking on public enlightenment programmes, stakeholder engagements, and moral suasion to drive home the need for voluntary permissible noise level compliance in the state.