Abia Assembly takes action as noise pollution threatens residents’ health

Abia State House of Assembly has taken a decisive measurement to curb sound contamination successful the State, with a telephone for the regularisation of the usage of large outdoor speakers successful residential areas.

This followed complaints by residents astir the unsafe effects of sound contamination connected their health.

The House received a question sponsored by the subordinate representing Aba Central, Ucheonye Stephen Akachukwu, wherever helium called connected the House to impulse the State Government to enforce existing laws connected sound pollution.

Ucheonye, successful the motion, said that Abia State Environmental Protection Agency, ASEPA, and different applicable agencies should enforce the existing laws and regulations connected sound power astatine the residential areas successful the State, with a presumption to ensuring that the level of sound successful the areas does not transcend 55 decibels betwixt 6am and 10pm.

He called connected the State Government to embark connected a nationalist consciousness run connected sound power to amended the citizens and organisations connected the request to usage soundproof equipment, oregon bounds large noisy speakers successful the residential areas.

The lawmaker further urged the Abia State authorities to designate circumstantial areas for open-air loudspeaker activities to equilibrium citizens’ rights to worship, respect for the situation and residents’ close to peace.

Responding to the motion, the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Emmanuel Emeruwa established that determination ar...