Also present were His Excellency Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State Dr Idiat Adebule, the Honourable Minister of Works, Power & Housing Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), the LASEMA General Manager Mr Michael Akindele amongst others.
Despite the light shower, the turn out for the launch was
impressive as the various MDAs were represented.
Eight
years ago, a Command and Control Centre was launched. This Command &
Control Centre hosted the 767 & 112 emergency lines and ever since then,
Lagosians have been able to speak to trained agents manning the phone lines
round the clock every single day of the year.
The
Lagos State Government is working to expand the good work of the previous
administration by upgrading the Emergency Response Unit. The upgrades go beyond
just new equipment, technology upgrades and an international team will work to
actively bring down response times.Lagos is a global city and deserves the
best.
Within emergency medicine, the ‘golden hour’ refers to
the period that prompt intervention will prevent death.
Too many people lose their lives and sources of
livelihood, not from the initial incident, but from the lengthy response times
due to inadequate resources.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency
(LASEMA) is empowered by law to coordinate all the first responder activities through
the LASEMA Response Unit (LRU) which was launched yesterday by the Vice
President. This Unit will respond to emergencies out of its specially
designed dispatch center- “the first in Lagos, first in Nigeria” as said by the
Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo at the LRU launch in Cappa Oshodi
yesterday.
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