The Lagos State Government has reportedly shut down 22 Churches in the State over “Noisy Worship from Churches Blaring Speakers.”

The head of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Adebola Shabi, disclosed this in an Interview, stressing that the agency shut down the churches due to 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 sitting 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.″

Shabi added the churches would be allowed to reopen after paying fines starting from N50, 000.