Nigeria is a multi-religious society that is prone to many religious activities.Against this distinctiveness,there isincessant widespread of religious centers and loudness of noise generated by the same. Its associated environmental negativitieshave played a major role in the reduction of quality of life of residents living around such religious centers. Thus, this paper examines the impact of noise from religious centers on neighbouring residents, in Ibadan North Local Government Area of OyoState. The study employed random sampling technique to administer two hundred and twenty-onequestionnaires to residents" that live within 50 meters radius around religious centers.The measurement of varying levels of noise generated by religious centersat fourteen localitieswithin the Local Government Area was determined consecutively for 3 days with an Extech 407355 Noise Dosimeter. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to examine variations in the sources of noise generated at religious centers.The measured noise levels were compared with sleep disturbance limits of 45dB as set by World Bank Organization and the World Bank"s limit of 55dB.The result of analysis revealed that noise levels for all the sampled worship centres varied between categories of the religious centres. The noise levels recorded for all religious centres was observed to breach the sleep disturbance limits of 45dB as set by World Bank Organization and the World Bank"s limit of 55dB. The result of analysis of variance (ANOVA) reveals there are significant variations in the sources of noise from music and musical instruments during religious activities with the same p-value of 0.000 which is lesser than the alpha-level of 0.005. The study concludes that healthy living in the study area can be achieved by enacting legislation to control level of noise generated as well as regulating noise pollution generated by religious centres in Nigeria.
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