From Lagos
The Lagos State Safety Commission says embarked on training 300 artisans aimed at improving hygiene and reduce hazards in the state.
The Director-General of the commission,Lanre Mojola, made the disclosure during a three-day training to improve COVID-19 protocols among the artisans, held in Lagos on Thursday on the theme, “Health And Safety Sensitisation for Artisans in Lagos State.’’
The Reporters, an online publication reports that the Commission trained artisans such as Welders, bricklayers, Plumbers, Hair dressers, photographers, carpenters, welders, shoemakers and vulcanizers.
He said that the training was in line with Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s mandate to ensure that artisans’ work places were safe and hygienic, inspite of their disciplines, promising that safety kits would be distributed to all the 300 artisans at the training.
“Safety enforcement is a journey we have started and we hope to train 300 artisans across the State in three days. We are training them in phases — after today, another 100 artisans will be trained, while the remaining 100 will be trained on Saturday.
“The people we are training will go back and train other members which will make the training more efficient.
“We will continue to train them and evaluate other areas that they need enlightenment to enable them improve on safety protocols,’’ Mojola said.
According to him, the training is important since the artisans use products, light and heavy equipment that can harm both employees and clients.
Mojola said that the training would look at many potential hazards which could possibly hurt the people working or visiting.
“For example, the use of electrical equipment, chemicals and different liquids could cause people to be hurt,” he said.
In his lecture, the president, Built World African Leadership Foundation, Mr Alani Adegoke, advised artists to apply safety rules before embarking on their activities, stressing that it was Safety First for all artisans in their work environment.
Adegoke said artisans needed to be conscious of safety guidelines and procedures which he noted varied from one discipline to another.
He said that if the artisans follow the safety protocols at work,their lives would be protected against hazards.
Another lecturer, an insurance expert, Mr Tope Ilesami, said stressed the need for Workmen insurance for artisans to continue taking care of their family while suffering hazards effect.
He urged the artisans boss to ensure they get insurance for their workers, adding that Law compelled owners to get life insurance for their workers.
Some of the beneficiaries of the training expressed satisfaction and promised to extend to other people in their working place what they learnt.
A shoemaker, Mr Salaudeen Jabar, said it was important to ensure safety in the environment as well as working placed,adding that the training had enhanced his knowledge concerning safety at work.
The President of the Nigerian Welder Association, Taiwo Fasina, said the training had enlightened him and his colleagues on how to protect themselves from danger during work.
A Photographer, Siji Aminat, said she had improved her knowledge on Safety to protect customers and themselves while working.
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