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LASG Trains 1,000 Artisans, Drivers On Hazards Management
The Director General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, said that the Lagos State Government had trained 1000 artisans, traders and commercial drivers on safely measures to reduce environmental accidents to barest minimum.
Mojola made the disclosure during the training programme organised by the Commission with the Theme “Hazard Identification and Hygiene Management for Transporters, Market traders and Artisans in Lagos yesterday.
“Everyone need to act safety, identify hazards, think safety and protect themselves from accidents.
“Many accidents that happened in the past happened due to negligence and people refuse to take precautions.
“Example of the negligence is that gas explosion that happened few weeks ago which was caused by discharge in the environment.
“When we got to the scene of the gas explosion, people we interviewed said they felt the gas smell and felt it on their legs but refused to act before the explosion took place,” Mojola said.
He advised artisans, commercial drivers, market men and women to try and identify hazards in their environment and also speak up in order to safe lives and property.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Special Duties and Inter Governmental Issue (MoSD&IGR), Dr Tajudeen Gagi, said that the programme was to reawaken participants on how to protect and prevent themselves against unwanted accident at work.
Gaji said that the training was brought to reality by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to improve support when accident occurs among artisans in Lagos.
He said it was important for artisans to be kept alive, adding that most of the accident in the past happened due to low knowledge about safety.
The Technical Adviser, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Seun Awojobi, urged the artisans and drivers to always support one another to protect accident from happening and avoid loss of property.
Awojobi said that the commission planned to take the safety sensitisation to Local Government and Local Council Developments Areas.
The Alliance Française Port Harcourt in conjunction with the Embassy of France Nigeria over the weekend joined the globe to campaign against the 2025 gender- based violence (GBV) with the theme: “16 Days of Activism Against Gender- Based Voice”
The event which took place at the event Hall of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt was in collaboration with the Female in Gaming Network, ( FIGN) and partnership with Nexal a body that seeks to promote online safety and responsible digital behaviour.
The Tide reports that the project which was aimed at promoting digital safety and girls inclusion in Gaming, with the initiative tagged ‘Gameover Gender- Base Violence’was part of the global campaign against gender- based Violence.
The activity which experienced a flavour of festivity was full of fun and excitements as participants took part in tournaments on popular digital games such as Mario kart and EAFC 25, with an intent to creating safer and more inclusive digital spaces.
The Director of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt, Mrs Marina Lacal said that these activities were designed to encourage inclusion of girls, team work and fair play on online gaming spaces, saying that the gaming world reflects these inequalities, where female players are often under represented.
According to her the main objectives of the initiative was to provide a supportive environment for girls and female in gaming network.
“GameOverGBV” is a project created to reshape this landscape by offering an innovative inclusiveness of girls on online digital Gaming community and digital environments that provide opportunities for creativity, learning and connection, but also fight against Gender-Based Violence Digital Gaming,”she said
She however, explained that the Digital Game, sport competitions, was launched to strengthen social and digital skills through games, workshops, and raise awareness among all young participants about respect, equality and digital citizenship.
The Tide News reports that in Port Harcourt, the competition brought together 100 young participants from three major universities: University of Port Harcourt, ( UNIPORT),Ignatius Ajuru University of Education(IAUE) and Rivers State University (RSU)as well as students from four selected secondary schools, Oginigba comprehensive Secondary.School, Vine lnternational, Virgo predicanda lnternational, and Excellent Montessori Secondary school.
“This is an approach where girls and boys can learn, play and collaborate in a more respectful and safe space for young women, while ensuring a safe, enjoyable and respectful digital environment. It also expose young women to cyberbullying, exclusion, sexist comments and online hate,” Mrs. Lacal said.
Earlier, a game developer Sophia Nei and her. team had engaged participants in an interactive session with the theme: “Can Video Games Be Safe Spaces For Girls?”
However, Mrs Nei and her team educated the girls on the benefits and violence on online digital gaming and urged them ( participants)to learn to say ‘No’ to Online hate, sexist and cyber bullying, while encouraging them(students) to stand up for themselves by reporting such issues to the appropriate authority.
Highlight of the competition was the awarding of prizes to winners by the Director of Alliance Française, Mrs Marina Lacal.
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