Coronavirus/Lassa Fever: Egunjobi Inaugurates Emergency Preparedness, Response Team .

...Charged Residents on Regular Handwash

Following the outbreak of the deadly diseases in the country, Lassa Fever and that of Corona Virus, The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government, Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi (JP) today took sensitization campaign and awareness to market in order to sensitise the community members and the general public on prevention of Coronavirus and Lassa Fever in Agege Local government.

He said that, "Available evidences in all countries have shown that infectious diseases are now on the rampage.

"Lassa fever has killed so many people in Nigeria. Coronavirus has also become a very serious global challenge.

"I believe we are all aware that Nigeria as of this morning has one confirmed case of the deadly Coronavirus disease otherwise known as COVID-19.

"In the same vein, several people are currently under medical examinations and in isolation centres or quarantined across the country in quest to determine whether they have been infected by the disease.

"Coronavirus in particular is changing our ways of life.  The fear of it is now the beginning of wisdom. Saudi Arabia yesterday shutdown the holiest mosque, Kaaba, announcing her plan to sterilize it. Earlier the kingdom suspended the year-round lesser hajj.

"The English Football Association also put in abeyance the pre-match traditional handshakes during Premiership games while Seria A matches are now being played behind closed door due to the same Coronavirus disease."

"Our government has resolved to promote a culture of routine hand washing as a strategy to reduce deadly infectious diseases and also foster environmental sanitation in markets, garages, schools, mosques, churches and other public places across the community.

"We will provide hand washing points in strategic locations and continuously promote hand washing in our communities, ” he added.

The chairman said that most of the infectious diseases could be prevented if people maintained good personal and environmental hygiene.

"Let's keep our food stuffs in covered containers and ensure regular hand washing with soap and water in order to prevent deadly infections.

We have also resolved to provide strong leadership in infection control, "I have constituted Emergency Preparedness and Response Committee which will be inaugurated today".

"I therefore charged Residents on regular handwash which will give them opportunity to prevent such diseases.

"My advice to you on the issue of Coronavirus apart from personal hygiene, is to party less. Also, don’t pick offence when you offer people handshake and they decline.'

Earlier, The Head of Medical Department, Agege Local Government, Dr. Akintayo, Akintoba Adebayo addressed the public on how to tackle health challenges related to Corronavirus and Lassa Fever.

This is a market place which welcome different types of people, we have to be conscious of this LASSA fever at the same time prevent its spread,” he said.

The doctor also educated the traders on frequent hand washing and the use of sanitisers at both the market place and at home.

He added that, the leadership of the Council will continue in the sensitisation campaign program in other public places for adequate sensitization.

The Council boss thereafter take lead on proper hand washing and sharing of informational and pictorial flyers to the stakeholders.

Representing the Iyaloja General, The Iyaloja, Agege Main Market, Alhaja Monsurat Ajayi Adeyemi in her remarks, thanked the council chairman and his team for the enlightenment and assured them that the traders would abide by the advice given to them to prevent the spread of the diseases.

 Hon. Prince Abiodun Ogunji (Vice Chairman), Hon. Gbenga Abiola (SLG), Alhaji Tunde Azeez (APC Chairman Agege LG) led  LG excos and ward chairmen; Members of the Legislative arm led by Hon. Joel Olabode Adigun; Hon. Bola Britto  Hon. Ganiyu Adeyemo were among top dignitaries at the event.

Others include, Baale in council, Management team, Health officers led by the HMO; market men and women led by the representative of Iyaloja General of Agege LG; CDC and CDA members led by Alhaji Ayo Adesiyan.

Fire outbreaks: Lagos to set up emergency committees in markets

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Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, LASEMA

The Lagos State Government is set to inaugurate emergency committees in all markets across the state.

This followed recent spate of fire incidents which has resulted in heavy loss of lives and property running into billions of naira,

This development was disclosed by the Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu while speaking to newsmen in his office.

Oke-Osanyintolu said the frequency of the fire incidents had prompted the state to be proactive by collaborating with the market leaders to take positive steps to avoid loss of their investments to fire outbreaks.

He said the government would work with ‘Iya Oloja’ and ‘Baba Olojas’ on the inauguration of emergency committees to avert fire incidents in market.

Oke-Osanyintolu added that a situation whereby markets in the state become filling stations where thousands of litres of fuel were stored would no longer be acceptable.

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Sanwo-Olu declares emergency on Lagos roads, kicks off massive rehabilitation

• Rehabilitation work begins on Monday
. Gov appeals to Lagosians, says I feel your pains

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Lagos State Government has declared a state of emergency on various dilapidated highways and carriages within the State.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday ordered massive construction work on critical roads and highways across the State, beginning from Monday (tomorrow).

The Governor’s directive followed the conclusion of his series of meetings with eight multi-national engineering firms, which began a few weeks back. After his final meeting with the contractors on Sunday, which lasted for about three hours, Sanwo-Olu declared the commencement of major construction work on the identified highways considered critical to reduce traffic congestions bringing pain to road users.

The Governor said all the eight engineering firms had been given the mandate to immediately mobilise their equipment on the sites and commence major construction works on the identified roads.

He said: “This afternoon, we have just concluded meeting with various reputable construction companies and all of them have been given the brief to immediately commence major construction work in various parts of the State. The exercise will begin tomorrow with palliative work on the selected roads, which are both on the Island and mainland divisions of the State.

“The contractors have been given the mandate to start mobilising their equipment to their respective sites without further delay. Their activities must first give our people an immediate relief on the affected roads so that there can be free flow of traffic even during the rehabilitation work.”

To complement the major construction work on the highway, Sanwo-Olu said Lagos Public Works Corporation (LPWC) would be carrying out repairs of 116 inner roads across the State. This, he said, would be in addition to over 200 roads already rehabilitated by the corporation in the last three months.

The Governor said he was not unaware of the pain experienced by road users in the past few days, which was compound by persistent downpour. He appealed to residents to bear with the Government while efforts were being made to assuage their pains and bring permanent relief to them.

He said: “We expect the rains will begin to subside in this month of October and this is why we are mobilising our contractors to immediately start the major construction work on the identified highways and bring permanent relief to residents. I am giving all Lagosians the assurance that the contractors will start the construction in earnest and will deliver on the terms of agreements reached with them.”

Sanwo-Olu said officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) will be working round the clock to control traffic on the areas where the construction would take place.

Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Aramide Adeyoye, listed some of the critical highways and roads to be constructed to include Ojota stretch of the Ikorodu Road, Motorways-Kudurat Abiola Way, Apogbon Highway, Babs Animashaun Road, Agric/Ishawo Road and Ijede Road in Ikorodu, and Lekki-Epe Expressway from Abraham Adesanya to Eleko Junction.

She added that the there would be massive re-construction work on a network of roads in Ikoyi, Ikeja GRA and Victoria Island.

The contractor deployed by the Government included Julius Berger, Hitech, Arab Contractors, Metropolitan Construction, Slavabogu Construction, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), Rajaf Foundation Construction, and RCF Nigeria Limited

Truck crushes commercial motorcyclist to death on Lagos- Abeokuta Expressway

A commercial motorcyclist was on Monday crushed to death in an accident involving two trucks and a  Mercedes Benz car at  Ifo on the Lagos- Abeokuta Expressway.

Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps , confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta.

Akinbiyi said a Mack truck without  registration number and a  Mercedes Benz car  marked  EG 283 KJA had earlier been involved in an accident on Sunday night and had been left on the highway.


The TRACE spokesman said the driver of a Iveko truck marked AAA 921 XA, who was  travelling early Monday  morning, lost control of the vehicle and crushed the motorcycle registered as  FKJ 880 QB  against the two stationary  vehicles.

The  commercial motorcyclist  was said to have been killed on the spot.
“The accident happened around 5am at the Old Bank road in Ifo inward Abeokuta ,” he said.

He said the corpse of the motorcyclist  had been deposited at the morgue of the General Hospital in  Ifo.

Akinbiyi added that the driver of the Iveco truck, as well as other vehicles and motorcycle involved in the incident, had been moved to  Ifo Divisional Police Command.

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