Noisy sounds, including loud and uncontrolled musical and verbal sounds emanating from religious houses and other outfits will soon be regarded as an offense in Delta state

   Disclosing this in Asaba, Commissioner for Environment, Barr. John Naniexplained that the move had become necessary, considering the diverse musical and verbal sounds that emanate from different quarters, including churches and mosques, which result to activities of people being distorted.

   This move comes as the 2016 Environmental Management Bill, which seeks to lend credence to the enforcement of the looming sanction, successfully scaled through a second reading in the state House of Assembly yesterday.

   Meanwhile, the Delta State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, through its secretary, Prof. OkeAkokotu, is expressing readiness to comply with the state government’s directive on noise control, but insisted that such move must not be targeted at undermining the biblical joyful noise in churches and must be extended to all areas where loud and unwanted noise emanate from including hotels, bars, mobile Disc Jockeys and music studios.