Plate 12 line graph showing variation in noise level Oja Oba
The commercial land use has the highest noise level ranging from
77.0-79.4 dB(A), 81.2-83.7 dB(A) and 86.62-88.7 dB(A) in the morning,
afternoon and evening respectively. The highest noise level in the
morning was recorded beside Olukayode Adeshida road which was as a
result of traffic. The main sources of the noise within the market are
mainly from Grinding machines, music players, hawkers, People
advertising products using loud speakers, megaphones etc. The Oja oba
market also has high noise level due to the population of people in the
environment. The highest noise recorded for afternoon noise level was
observed at the Olukayode building. This was due to the commercial
activities and high population density in the area. This area is known
as center of commercial activities in Akure south.
Table 4 Showing Permitted Noise Level at Different Land use.