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| Ho M.C.E |
After several public complaints
over excessive noise making in the Volta regional capital of Ho, the Municipal
Assembly on Thursday banned ‘excessive noise’ making in the municipality after 10PM.
Consequently, churches,
mosques, drinking bars, corn mill and sawmill operators, hawkers and
individuals are not expected to make ‘excessive noise’ deep into the night or
face sanctions.
Mrs Fafa Adinyira, Ho
Municipal Chief Executive at a stakeholder meeting on noise making in the
Municipality, said the Assembly continued to receive complaints from the public
on noise level in the Ho Township and said the Assembly would soon start
enforcing its laws on noise making.
Togbe Akliku Ahorney, Volta
Regional Manager of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said stress
associated with noise making was “great” and urged churches to help ‘shape’
attitude of society.
He also called on operators
of night clubs to install sound proof systems and ensure that the noise they
generated was within their precincts.
Mr Kofi Tenasu Gbedemah, a
Human Right Activist, said excessive noise in churches could kill worshipers.
“I am not against the
churches but the noise they generate can kill their worshipers and affect the
sick and aged who live around the churches. They must also not forget that
there are hospitals around them and essential workers work at night,” he
stated.
Reverend Robert Kwao, Volta
Regional Chairman of Ghana Pentecostal and Christian Churches (GPCC) enumerated
socio-economic benefits society derived from churches and said churches did not
make noise deliberately to make others uncomfortable.
“We are sensitive to
society and we will go by the directive not to make noise after 10PM,” he
promised.
