OUR LAGOS… SAFETY PALAVER


See what we have collectively turned Lagos into.... Since we called it LAND OF NO MAN


A TRAILER LADEN WILL GOODS CAPSIZED WHILE TRYING TO maneuver the potholes along the makeshift road by AGEGE POST OFFICE that serves the function of the PEN CINEMA ROUNDABOUT SINCE construction began on THE FLYOVER AND RAIL LINE WHICH ARE BOTH SNAILISHLY PROCEEDING

SAME storylines of *UNSAFE ACTS AND CONDITIONS* befall our dear Lagos that people swarm into from villages Nationwide thinking it's the annex of DUBAI IN NIGERIA.

YESTERDAY IT WAS a fire outbreak on the "ALMIGHTY" ISLAND

TOMORROW GOD KNOWS WHERE.

But..,...........,.........
Alhamdulillah......
THIS ghastly event REPORTEDLY took place at 2am. IMAGINE HOW MUCH OF LIVES N PROPERTY COULD HAVE BEEN LOST IF IT WAS AT 6AM OR LATER...

SAFETY CONSCIOUS PEOPLE...... A Clarion call

  • Is there anything like *ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT* FOR PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN LAG? I’M NOT SURE. IMAGINE HOW PROJECTS SLATED FOR SIX MONTHS LAST ETERNITY*
    Even as we thank God for lives and property saved, *MANY A PERSON COULD HAVE LOST JOBS for getting to work late. Others lost means of LIVELIHOOD for the ever busy road was closed till AROUND 5PM. Only God knows when that will be addressed as the only thing we heard of is of our GOVERNOR allegedly REMOVING “HIS EXCELLENCY” from his title. WHO DID THAT HELP?
  • Government at all levels should be up and doing. Enough of propaganda. Imagine when a minister tells LÁÌ’S THAT WORK ON THE LAGOS — IBADAN RAILWAY GOES ON AT A PACE OF ONE KILOMETER PER WEEK. Is Lagos that far from Same The story could is unimaginable if the truck had wrecked in broad daylight.
  • How about YESTERDAY’S INFERNO IN LAGOS ISLAND? If only the roads are made VEHICLE WORTHY just as our vehicles are CUNNINGLY demanded to be ROADWORTHY, EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS COULD HAVE ACCESSED THE FIRE SCENE ON TIME. In Lagos, you could spend 30 minutes within a hundred meter stretch of gridlock.
  • Local GOVERNMENT WORKERS NKỌ…….? They only go around for LEVIES and TAXES. WHAT IF THEY BECOME THE SAFETY AND SECURITY WATCH,… with DILIGENCE? By that, THEY ENSURE ALL STRUCTURES HAVE FIRE SAFETY EQUIPMENTS AND IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. ALSO, the fellows can serve as custodians of law and order in traffic, environmental sanitation and SANITY AS AGAINST THE INSANITY alongside the POLICE, NEIGHBORHOOD CORPS and co., not extorting people for POCKET MONEY ALL AROUND.
  • You! Yes, you. MIND YOUR BUSINESS. I mean your SAFETY BUSINESS. YOU MWY FIND THESE TIPS HELPFUL.
  1. Know the emergency/ escape plan of anywhere you find yourself
  2. Avoid crowded areas
  3. Stay as far as possible from ARTICULATED VEHICLES
  4. Run for your life in the event of Oil spill from tankers or whatever source. DON’T GO SCOOPING. THAT NATIONAL CAKE MIGHT EARN YOU NATIONAL MOURNING.
  5. Stay alert always.
    Amoo Abdulhamid DEMOSAFETY

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