The Osun State Government on Thursday banned indiscriminate use of siren in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Sunday Akere, announced the ban in a press statement made available to journalists in Osogbo.
"The governor exercising the powers vested in him by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), and Section 10(2) of the Police Act, Cap. P19, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2010 has through this instrument prohibits the indiscriminate use of siren in the state,'' the statement said.
Akere said those exempted from the ban were the police, ambulances, fire-fighters and the Armed Forces who by the nature of their duties were mandated to use siren.
He added that apart from those listed, nobody was allowed to use siren within the territorial boundary of the state.
"Anybody that contravenes the law should be prepared to face the full wrath of the law as this constitutes noise pollution which is not healthy for our society," the statement said.
(NAN)
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Thursday, May 15, 2014
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It's either the governor is miss informed or completely clueless as to this development. Which other group of people use the siren except the ones he exempted?
ReplyDeleteIt ȋ̝̊̅§ even abnormal for an ordinary citizen to start blowing siren for no reasons. If dis can ne generally accepted in 9ja, just imagine, they came to us to vote for dem n after we are Mt allow to hear word again.
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