The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has shut down the famed nightclub Quilox on Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, on Saturday for holding an event without a sound control licence.Information Guide Nigeria
LASEPA and the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offenses Unit (task force) conducted a joint enforcement operation at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, according to a statement.
Dolapo Fasawe, the general manager of LASEPA, said that the agency got a number of distress calls with video footage from concerned neighbours regarding the alleged environmental nuisance posed by the club.
She said, “To avert situations like this, we recently held a stakeholders’ parley with the owners and chief executive officers of night clubs in the state to address the issue of noise pollution during the festive period. The state, in its magnanimity, compassionately increased the decibels to accommodate leisure and hospitality business interest.JAMB portal
“We urged them to apply for sound control permits to enable us to reach out and notify the host community of the intended programme and further deploy our officials to the venue for proper monitoring and prevention of excessive noise pollution.”NYSC portal
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Fasawe remarked that an invitation was issued to Quilox, as with every other shareholder, but the club did not accept it.
Shina Peller, who represents the Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State, owns Quilox.
The club was also shut down by LASEPA in December 2019 due to noise pollution and traffic congestion.
Peller was also arrested by the police in connection with the incident, which sparked controversy.
As of press time, the politician did not answer his call or respond to a WhatsApp message regarding the latest incident.JAMB Result
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