LASG promises to compensate Lagos Island fire victims

By Adeola Ogunrinde

The Lagos State Government has promised to compensate victims of the Lagos Island fire incident.

This was made known on Monday by the Special Adviser to Lagos Governor on Central Business Districts, Hon (Mrs) Bola Olumegbon-Lawal, at the ministerial press briefing organised by the government to commemorate the one year in office of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second term in Lagos.

Rendering the reports of the Office in last one year, Olumegbon-Lawal said activities of the CBD management officers is tailored towards impacting positively on stakeholders.

She added that the Agency activities are hinged on four cardinal points including Environmental Sanitation and Beautification; Traffic Management; Safety and Security.

Olumegbon-Lawal said “I can tell you that the state government has been compiling names of those affected and estimates of the properties affected in the unfortunate incident. Therefore, all the affected people can be rest assured that the state government will adequately compensate all of them without any prejudice”.

She further disclosed that the office worked closely with other government agencies like Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Lagos State Fire Services, Lagos State Safety Commission and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), amongst others, to achieve the modest accomplishments recorded within the last one year.

She called for greater synergy of operations among all government agencies operating within the CBD to achieve a greater goal in the next three years.

Olumegbon-Lawal disclosed that the Agency is in talks with private investors to construct a multi-layer car park within the Lagos Island Business District to address the issue of illegal parking and traffic congestion in the area.