The Anambra State government is resolved to enforce laws and relevant regulations against noise pollution in the State, the Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo said on Saturday – today, March 8 – in Onitsha, the State’s commercial nerve centre.
The Governor made the assertion when he intercepted a roadside preacher in the commercial while in transit with his convoy.
“If you want to preach the word of God, go to a church. You cannot just go to the street or enter a marketplace where people are trading and disturb them.
“Forcing everyone to listen to you creates noise pollution. If you wish to preach, do so in your church, where those interested in hearing your message can come willingly.
“Everyone has the right to freedom of worship, but turning a busy marketplace into a church is unacceptable and illegal. Such actions are against the law and we will enforce the law against such,” Soludo told the preacher.
He also added that those who mount speakers in shops and blast loud music are guilty of noise pollution and have wittingly or unwittingly run foul of the law.
