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| Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola |
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola
(Executive Governor, Lagos State), while presenting his last budget as the
governor of Lagos state urge Lagosians to pick up fire insurance policies so as
to protect their belongings during the dry season. He also made available the
blue print of how the Lagos state government his seriously preparing for fire
outbreaks during the dry season.
These were his words as quoted from the
speech.
“Ladies and gentlemen, before I
conclude, let me again remind all of us that one of our two weather seasons,
the rainy season, has all but come to an end, with the challenges of rain
storms, flooding and all, which we have increasingly got better at managing and
controlling as a people and as a Government.
Now a new season, the dry season, is upon us and it brings on its own challenges, such as high risk of fire and end of year rush.
As we go out this season, I appeal to all of us to be fire and safety conscious.
I will continue to urge that all of us take out fire insurance policies to cover our valuables such as homes, goods, markets, household appliances and so on. They do not cost too much and they provide a re-assuring fall back in the unlikely event of a fire incident.
While we expect you to be safety conscious and to take out insurance policies, our fire service is ever ready to respond to emergencies whenever they arise.
They are daily being trained and retrained, and with your taxes and our budgets, we are expanding fire service and equipment provision close to you.
We have revived almost 400 fire hydrants that used to operate in old Lagos and very soon they will be deployed to complement our water tankers to provide firefighting capacity when fire accidents occur.
In the next few days we will be handing over new fire service stations and new fire engines that demonstrates our level of preparedness to do our most important job, which is to protect lives and save properties.
It creates employment for paint manufacturers, and painters along with those who provide support for them.
It is a good way to boost our economy and put money in the hands of artisans, and also food on their tables and smiles in their homes”.
Now a new season, the dry season, is upon us and it brings on its own challenges, such as high risk of fire and end of year rush.
As we go out this season, I appeal to all of us to be fire and safety conscious.
I will continue to urge that all of us take out fire insurance policies to cover our valuables such as homes, goods, markets, household appliances and so on. They do not cost too much and they provide a re-assuring fall back in the unlikely event of a fire incident.
While we expect you to be safety conscious and to take out insurance policies, our fire service is ever ready to respond to emergencies whenever they arise.
They are daily being trained and retrained, and with your taxes and our budgets, we are expanding fire service and equipment provision close to you.
We have revived almost 400 fire hydrants that used to operate in old Lagos and very soon they will be deployed to complement our water tankers to provide firefighting capacity when fire accidents occur.
In the next few days we will be handing over new fire service stations and new fire engines that demonstrates our level of preparedness to do our most important job, which is to protect lives and save properties.
It creates employment for paint manufacturers, and painters along with those who provide support for them.
It is a good way to boost our economy and put money in the hands of artisans, and also food on their tables and smiles in their homes”.
A word is enough for the wise...
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