The Lagos State Government has shut down the popular nightclub, Quilox, at Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island area of the state.
The government, through its Environmental Protection Agency, shut down the club on Saturday over non-compliance to LASEPA’s directive and organising events without obtaining a sound control permit.
Confirming the seal-off exercise, LASEPA General Manager, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe, said that the measure became necessary following several distress calls with video evidence (s) received from concerned neighbors.
According to Fasawe, “To avert situation like this, we recently held a stakeholder’s parley with the Owners/ Chief Executive Officers of night clubs in the state to address the issue of noise pollution during the festive period.
“The states in its magnality, compassionately increased the decibels to accommodate leisure/hospitality business interest.
“We urged them to apply for sound control permits to enable us reach out and notify the host community of the intended program and further deploy our officials to the venue for proper monitoring and prevention of excessive noise pollution.”
According to Fasawe, “invitation was extended to Quilox club, like every other stakeholders and was ignored by the club for reasons best known to them.”
