The
Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has organized a three-day training
program for highway sweepers’ supervisors in the state, to equip them with
basic health and safety skills needed for optimal performance and safety at
work.
Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has organized a three-day training
program for highway sweepers’ supervisors in the state, to equip them with
basic health and safety skills needed for optimal performance and safety at
work.
According
to the managing director of the agency, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, LAWMA was
totally committed to ensuring good welfare and safety of highway sweepers, working
relentlessly to ensure that every nook and cranny of the metropolis was cleaned
up.
to the managing director of the agency, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, LAWMA was
totally committed to ensuring good welfare and safety of highway sweepers, working
relentlessly to ensure that every nook and cranny of the metropolis was cleaned
up.
He noted
that the three-day training provided a platform for proper re-orientation of
the supervisors, who would impart the knowledge gained to the sweepers under
their watch, adding that this would go a long way in implanting safety
consciousness in the minds of the sweepers.
that the three-day training provided a platform for proper re-orientation of
the supervisors, who would impart the knowledge gained to the sweepers under
their watch, adding that this would go a long way in implanting safety
consciousness in the minds of the sweepers.
“The
train-the-trainers program, apart from equipping our workers on the highways
with the right health and safety techniques, would also pave way for improvement
on the job being done, to ensure a cleaner and livable Lagos,” Dr. Gbadegesin
said.
train-the-trainers program, apart from equipping our workers on the highways
with the right health and safety techniques, would also pave way for improvement
on the job being done, to ensure a cleaner and livable Lagos,” Dr. Gbadegesin
said.
He urged
the participants to imbibe the culture of safety consciousness in the course of
their duties, stressing that most work-related accidents were caused by
ignorance and carelessness.
the participants to imbibe the culture of safety consciousness in the course of
their duties, stressing that most work-related accidents were caused by
ignorance and carelessness.
During
his presentation, Mr. Adeyinka Adebiyi, Director of Safety Training, Education
and Skills Development, noted that the strategic training was packaged in a way
that would be easy for the supervisors to transmit it to the sweepers under them.
his presentation, Mr. Adeyinka Adebiyi, Director of Safety Training, Education
and Skills Development, noted that the strategic training was packaged in a way
that would be easy for the supervisors to transmit it to the sweepers under them.
He
mentioned the dangers inherent in not following safety rules at work and urged
the participants to pay necessary attention to health and safety tips in their
assigned beats.
mentioned the dangers inherent in not following safety rules at work and urged
the participants to pay necessary attention to health and safety tips in their
assigned beats.
Different
professional facilitators from relevant agencies also engaged the supervisors
on key topics as “Basic Safety and Health at Work Place”, “Work Ethics and
Environment”, and others.
professional facilitators from relevant agencies also engaged the supervisors
on key topics as “Basic Safety and Health at Work Place”, “Work Ethics and
Environment”, and others.