on-the-spot assessment of the 25-storey
Great Nigeria Insurance Company Limited
building on Martins Street, Lagos Island,
which was partly gutted by fire, to
ascertain extent of damage and determine further steps to be taken toward ensuring
safety of lives and properties in the area. Speaking at the site, Special Adviser to
Governor Babatunde Fashola on Central
Business Districts, CBD, Mrs. Derinola Disu,
stressed that safety of lives and property
was paramount to government and that all
steps had been taken to ensure that no life was lost in the inferno. The Special Adviser, who visited the site on
the directive of the governor, said the
prompt response of the state government
apparatus like Lagos State Emergency
Management Agency, LASEMA, CBD, state
fire services and security personnel went a long way in ensuring that the situation was
brought under control and the fire did not
get beyond the 3rd floor where it initially
started around 5am. Disu, a former Chairman of Lagos Island
Local Government, expressed satisfaction
at the prompt response of government
personnel on ground towards putting out
the fire and further instructed that the
area be cordoned-off by security personnel to prevent hoodlums from taking advantage
of the situation to loot. Similarly, Special Adviser to the Governor on
Works and Infrastructure, Ganiu Johnson,
said structural engineers would be visiting
the place to assess the situation concerning
dilapidated and distressed part of the
building to ascertain if the structure is habitable.
Source Vanguard
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