DO NOT SPEED EXCESSIVELY - HON. DICKSON
DO NOT SPEED EXCESSIVELY - HON. DICKSON
By
LEO EZEKIEL
At a-one day of
Lagos State Safety commission Law Symposium on Occupational Safety andHealth Regulation
with a theme” Achieving Workplace Safety in a Mega Smart City, the Director
General (DG) of Lagos State Safety Commission, Hon Hakeem
Dickson told the experts, professionals, stakeholders and all and sundry that
all road users do not need to speed excessively when driving at all times. He made this uncommon statement at 3BBB’s
Event Centre, Ketu Bus Stop, Ikorodu Road, Agboyi Local Council Development
Area, Lagos. Speaking to the gathering
in his opening remarks, Hon. Dickson said that the very moment the policies
behind the law symposium on occupational safety and health regulation are
signed by the Lagos State House of Assembly into law, that offenders would be
seriously dealt with. He welcomed all
and sundry to the heavily educative, informative and interactive fora.
Speaking to the
audience, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. AkinwunmiDapoAmbode
through his representative at the event, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Special Duties and Inter-governmental Relations, Lagos State, Dr. Jemilad,
Longe told the audience that the general wellbeing and safety of the people of
Lagos State is paramount and an integral part of the organizing development
agenda of the State.
Speaking to the
audience the Governor of Lagos State, Ambode, said that “there has to be elimination
of risks and hazards in the workplace and the enhancement of health safety of
workers in the workplace through the introduction and implementation of polices
and strategies geared towards building a sustainable safety culture through a
synchronized, supervised and monitored safety system are very essential to
improving the level of productiveness as he tells the stakeholders that exactly
two weeks ago a newly rebranded Lagos State Safety Commission was launched with
the aim of creating heavily awareness on safety issues that would assist to
prevent avoidable deaths, losses and injuries.
Ambode tells the audience that the re-branding was part of his
administration’s effort to improve the general safety framework that could
effectively respond to the safety challenges that are actually peculiar to mega
cities all over the globe.
The Governor,Ambode
tells the audience the law symposium was initiated as part of their efforts to
achieve the vision zero for a world of working without accidents, diseases, or
harm which was launched of the world Congress on Safety and Health in Singapore
in September, 2017. His Excellency,
Governor Ambodereminded the stakeholders that the holding of the law symposium
is in line with the 7thGolden Rules developed at the global congress
and also consistent with their administration well-known commitment to the
principle of all inclusive governance through which relevant stakeholders are
engaged on issues of public importance as he tells the audience that the
current status of Lagos State as the industrial and commercial nerve of Nigeria
and the West Africa sub region as well as its ranking as the 5th
largest economy in the West African regionwith a projection to become the 3rd
largest in 2020, requires that special attention be given to safety
issues. The law symposium paraded two
different panelist sessions and the panelists gave an uncommon account of
themselves with their cerebral submissions.
The first panelists comprised the following panelists.
They are:
§ SojiOlaopa, Chief Scientific Officer, Lagos State
Safety Commission
§ Prof. Martins Dada, Lecturer, Building Department,
University of Lagos,
Akoka, Yaba, Lagos.
§ Dr. Jacob Nwachukwu, Managing Director, Alyon
Synergy Ltd
§ Hazan B. Hazan, HSE, Advisor, BCL Group Ltd.
§ DapoOmolade, Hybrid Consultants
The first panel
was moderated by Mrs. Nike Olokode, while the second panel of discussion was
moderated by Dr. Jide Martins of the Ministry of Justice, Lagos Stateand the
panelists are:
§ Dr. TitololaHameed, Lecturer at the Nigerian Law
School, Victoria Island
§ Engr. KayodeFowode
§ Mr. Femi Abiodun
§ EhiIden.
Speaking with
journalists, the House Committee Chairman on Special Duties and
Intergovernmental Relations, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon.
ShokunleOlusola, who representsOshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency 1 told the journalists
that the Law Symposium conference came up at a time that the Lagos State Government
has consistently preached safety concerns to all and sundry.
Speaking again
with journalists, Hon. Olusola said that everyone should be extremely careful
at homes, workplaces, along the roads, to avoid accidents of any degrees. He said that it is our right to be protected,
as lives and properties must be protected at all times. He also submitted that there has to be a
community based organization and Non-governmentalorganisations. He agrees that the law symposium policies should
be taken to the grassroots for heavy awareness.
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