LASEMA Handled 384 Cases From January To March, Including 136 Road Accidents In Lagos

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has released its infographics data which shows the number of cases they responded to in the first quarter of the year.

According to the report, LASEMA says it responded to 384 cases from January to March 2021.

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Among the cases, they attended to are 136 road accidents, 160 cases involving trailer/trucks and 48 fire disasters.

The agency also said they responded to 114 in January, 126 in February and 144 cases in March.

On local government and districts, LASEMA says it responded to a total of 384 cases across all the local governments and LCDAs within Lagos from January to March 2021. An overall analysis however shows that says LASEMA responded to one case in the Shomolu area while Ikeja has the highest number of cases with 54 for the first quarter of the year.

About LASEMA

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) was established vide LASEMA Law 16 of 2008 for emergency and disaster management in the State in pursuance to decree 12 of 1999 as amended by Act No. 50 of 1999 which established the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

The Agency is responsible for the overall coordination of emergency management in Lagos State, working closely with all its Stakeholders. It came into existence in February 2007, the legal framework establishing LASEMA was signed into Law on July 22nd, 2008 by Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN)

The Agency was statutorily charged to provide adequate and prompt response as well as sustaining intervention in all forms of emergency/disaster situations in the State within the territorial boundary called “Lagos”.

It performs this onerous task through Emergency/Disaster prevention preparedness, mitigation, recovery and relief.

The law that set up the LASEMA did empower the Agency to coordinate the activities of all its stakeholders and NGO’s who are categorized into Primary, Secondary and Tertiary responders in management of all emergency and disaster situations in the State as well as also to build their capacity toward increasing response capability.

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