Chiemelie Ezeobi reports that the recently commemorated annual International Noise Awareness Day provided an avenue for the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency to intensify its advocacy for a noiseless environment through the implementation of the relevant laws against noise polluters, while charging concerned sectors to critically appraise their activities and develop noise management strategies
Noise or sound, as the case may be, is all around us. It’s everywhere we go. And in a cosmopolitan city like Lagos, the noise decibel rings louder.
From the blaring of horns by impatient drivers to mounted speakers of religious houses, music CD sellers, clubs and bars, as well as noise from generating sets, the cacaphony of noise is often overwhelming especially when such occurs in residential areas. But trust Lagosians, like the typical Nigerians, have adapted to the noise and accepted it as usual, an anomaly experts seek to correct.