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Lagos state police
commands in conjunction with Phicotec consulting are bill to organize workshop
on disaster management techniques and safety regulations for
stakeholders in all location of its area commands in the
state of Lagos.. The organizers of the event have said. Speaking at the pre-
workshop briefings, Mr. Seun Emmanuel, who happened to be the coordinator, said
the event is bill to take place in all delineated location within
jurisdictional axes of police area command in the state, he said given the
enormous challenge the people, police and other safety regulation
agents face on where, how and what to do in the time when hazard occurs, it’s
become very imperative to allow for workshop of this nature that
will serve as been informative, statutory and regulative to its stake holders.
According to him, ‘’we have seen more scenario
where there is an emergency and the challenges of what is first to be done by
the police and other related agencies has become an issue just
because of the challenges of not being informed. ‘’Take
for instance, the event that happened at lekki when bank
robbery had taken place, and where its involves causalities leading
to the killing of members of the force and one petty trade, the
understanding of first cordoning is not there, many of the members of the
safety team that came to that spot did not know what to do at first and this as
result, opened another channel for traffic congestion and this has been fervent
on the part of many of our security agents in the time when such
situation warrants to which these workshop is aimed at tackling. Mr.
kunle babajide, who was is part of the organizers gave another important
account on the part of some stake holders, saying’’ the stakeholder had more to
learn from this workshop according to him, the workshop ‘’Theme its self has in
it, an aspect of information about vulnerability, where he particularly
mentioned its importance and what participants coming to the event stands to
gain.
According to him, when people are in the know
of what are man made and natural disaster, it becomes very easy for those of us
who are on the other side of divide to do less of work on causalities, with
‘’safer live and fruitful living’’, and where those enforcing
its laws on regulation have good grasp of how development of this nature are
handle since its mostly deals with hazards and indeed, people are victims. Many
stake holders do not know the importance of fire extinguishers as being very
essential in their place of work or there homes, and when hazards occur what we
tend to do may further aggravate the scenario instead of what is expected of us
to know and as well put in place for the sake of unforeseen circumstances of
incidence. Babajide also give other similar experience on the part of commercial
vehicle when he said many operators of commercial vehicle today do not
understand the need and importance attached to safety, he said many
of there conductor s, while on motion, tend to leave the door open and
hanging even when there is vehicular
movements.
He said many
operators of commercial vehicle in the state of Lagos had encountered ghastly
motor accident as a result of these mis-informed circumstances. ‘’we
must ensure also, that the security and safety agents are also well informed of
there statutory role now that the Nigerian police had
formed disaster management unit in all state
commands country, it is very important that we partner with them given such
notable idea behind it with having what one can describe as an opportunity
for booth the safety agents and its stake holders, it is only
wise to give thump up to the commissioner of police in the state of Lagos for
partnering with us in carrying out workshop of these
magnitude in other to actualize those benefits embedded where the
police and those stake holders stands to gain’’. Mr.
Babajide said although, the workshop is targeted at, institutions, commercial,
recreational, gas deports, residents, transports owners and unions. Babajide
continuing, he said every individual who is willing to be part of the workshop
are also welcome since according to him, the highlights of the event is putting
into consideration, preparedness, mitigation, coordination, response, safety
regulation and climate change Aweraness, ‘’it is only wise that those of us who
want to be conscious of what is happening around us to as well attend’’.
The organizers of the
event believed that the event is timely for those identified stake holders
whilst commending Lagos state police command on this partnership, believes it
can only be better if these can be transported to every part of the country and
also be molded like the way it was delineated with having it in every area
command in the state of Lagos. Dignitaries expected to grace the occasion is
john Ekoko, the state chairman of Nigerian environmental society and Lagos
state police commissioner, Fatai Owoseni .The event is scheduled to start with
‘’Area m’’ of police jurisdictional command along isheri egbeda
Axis with the plan of covering the whole command as good as possible, whilst it
intend to open it first workshop on the twenty second of October that is some
few weeks ahead from today..
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