Few months after the Kaduna
State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, sent a religious bill to the State House
of Assembly to control and in effect, ban church worship and evangelism in the
state, the Rivers State Government has warned pastors against generating
unnecessary noise in public places.
Governor of the state,
Nyesom Wike gave this warning through his Special Adviser on Pollution Control,
Mr. Nwuke Anucha.
While speaking in Port
Harcourt, the state capital, during a pollution control and religious matters
meeting with members of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Port Harcourt
branch, the SA said the noise churches produce in Port Harcourt was becoming alarming.
He expressed concern that
the noise produced by sound systems used by churches was causing unrest in the
state, stressing that no responsible government would not take steps to reduce
the menace.
Anucha said, “My lords, you
will agree with me that the emission of gaseous substance, the sound level of
our electric power generation sets and indeed the noise generated by the use of
loud speakers in some of our worship centers in no doubt cause serious disorder
to human co-existence.
“It is on this premise of
good neighborliness that necessitated this meeting. The public outcry about the
noise and air pollution generated by some of our churches is so alarming that
no responsible and responsive government will shy away from taking necessary
actions.
“Churches need to cut down
the use of loud speakers with a sound level not above the recommended decibel
outside and inside.
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