By Cyril Ehinomen
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has sealed off Carizma Hotel and Luxury Suites in the Abule-Egba area of the state.
Disclosing this in a statement on its official X account on Wednesday, the agency said the exercise was “in furtherance of its campaign against noise pollution and other environmental infractions.”
According to the statement, the management of the hotel had agreed to an undertaken it signed with LASEPA in November to cease noisy activities by 10 pm and adhere to approved noise levels, among other terms, but had failed to comply.
In November, the residential neighbourhood where Carizma Hotel is located made a complaint against the hotel to LASEPA over the noise pollution it generated.
LASEPA then paid a visit to the hotel and discovered that Carizma Hotel and Luxury Suites operated in a residential area, of which it had four external speakers, five micro speakers, three television sets and a set of jazz.
The agency, on November 8, issued the management of the hotel a list of stipulated guidelines to curb noise pollution, including reducing the external speakers to two and stopping all noisy activities at the open bar by 10 pm.
The management of the hotel signed the MoU with LASEPA but failed to comply with the terms, leading the agency to issue another official warning on November 22, 2023.
The hotel, however, failed to comply with the terms even after the second warning by LASEPA.
