Hazard Control: OSHAssociation UK Urges Nigerians To Adhere To Safety Precautions
The President of Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHAssociation UK), Nigeria Region, Dr. Amb. Olusegun Aderemi has advised Nigerians to adhere to safety precautions to avoid hazards.
Dr. Amb. Olusegun Aderemi gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. According to him, it has become important to draw people’s attention to the relevance of safety precautions to safeguard lives and property.
As an association, saving lives is one of our responsibilities by ensuring safety in homes and workplaces, as COVID-19 pandemic threw many parts of the world into darkness.
In history, such is the most terrible time to think about, so we had to make sure that lives were saved.
We are all making sure things go back to normal; the pandemic has taught us great lessons.
We are working with different organisations and parastatal-agencies to sensitise the public on what safety is all about, he told NAN.
The regional president said that safety rules were part of fundamental rules.
Values and morals that organisations and our parents gave to us when we were growing up are also very important. We also need to find ways to avoid a reoccurrence of the pandemic and hazards, he said.
The regional president promised to work closely with various organisations to promote inclusion of safety rules on sign posts to encourage people to adhere to them.
He disclosed that the organisation had put measures in place to collaborate with government agencies to allocate safety rules post to achieve targets.
This will remind them of what they already know but are not doing; avoiding disaster is part of our responsibilities.
Since we have zero tolerance for casualty, we need to inform organisations about safety and health hazards in our day-to-day lives.
In whatever people do in their organisations or workplaces, safety should be considered, he added.
Aderemi said that a 260-man National Safety Advocacy Project Committees headed by 20 professors drawn from 20 universities where inaugurated for 2021-2022.
He said that 10 professors from 10 universities would supervise sub-committees sector-by-sector to proffer solutions, adding that N10 billion had been stipulated to unveil the project on April 28. (NAN)
President, Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHAssociation), UK-Nigeria Region, on Friday advised Nigerians to adhere to safety precautions to avoid hazards.
Aderemi gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
According to him, it has become important to draw people’s attention to the relevance of safety precautions to safeguard lives and property.
“As an association, saving lives is one of our responsibilities by ensuring safety in homes and workplaces, as COVID-19 pandemic threw many parts of the world into darkness.
“In history, such is the most terrible time to think about, so we had to make sure that lives were saved.
“We are all making sure things go back to normal; the pandemic has taught us great lessons.
“We are working with different organisations and parastatal-agencies to sensitise the public on what safety is all about,” he told NAN.
The regional president said that safety rules were part of fundamental rules.
“Values and morals that organisations and our parents gave to us when we were growing up are also very important.
“We also need to find ways to avoid a reoccurrence of the pandemic and hazards”, he said.
The regional president promised to work closely with various organisations to promote inclusion of safety rules on sign posts to encourage people to adhere to them.
He disclosed that the organisation had put measures in place to collaborate with government agencies to allocate safety rules post to achieve targets.
“This will remind them of what they already know but are not doing; avoiding disaster is part of our responsibilities.
“Since we have zero tolerance for casualty, we need to inform organisations about safety and health hazards in our day-to-day lives.
“In whatever people do in their organisations or workplaces, safety should be considered,” he added.
Aderemi said that a 260-man National Safety Advocacy Project Committees headed by 20 professors drawn from 20 universities where inaugurated for 2021-2022.
He said that 10 professors from 10 universities would supervise sub-committees sector-by-sector to proffer solutions, adding that N10 billion had been stipulated to unveil the project on April 28. (NAN)
Wow, this is great.The safety of the environment and work place must not be taking for granted