Measurements of Environmental Noise and Toxic Gas Emissions in Minna and Suleja, Niger State

Abstract

Every year, tens of thousands of people worldwide lose their lives to ailments that can be traced to environmental pollution arising principally from the release of toxic effluents into the atmosphere and surrounding ecosystems. Also, it has now been recognized that noise pollution pose a serious threat to the quality of life enjoyed by the general populace. It is with these facts in mind that this project work was undertaken in order that a veritable document on environmental pollution indices of the major towns of Niger State would be produced. The core objective of this project work is the production of a reference document (a sort of “environmental atlas” or “environmental map”) for the different precincts or wards of the different towns surveyed; this final document highlights the various environmental pollution indices for the areas surveyed. GPS referenced dataset for noise levels and gas concentrations were collected from Minna and Suleja. This dataset was analysed and the results show that noise pollution is prevalent in the areas surveyed; the same can also be said for gaseous pollution.