From L-R: The Director Operations, Femi Giwa, The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA); The General Manager, Lagos State Infrastructure Assets Management Agency, Mr. Oladeji Williams; General Manager, LASEMA, Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu; the Queen of Relationship, Queen Lami Tumaka, a World-Renowned First-rate Strategic Communications Professional and Director, Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), during a donation of relief materials to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State.PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

(TRADE NEWSWIRE): The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has extended its warm of relief to Internally Displaced People that fell the victim of the Lagos collapsed building who are accommodated at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos.

NIMASA donated food items and relief materials to victims of the Lagos collapse building, who were rescued by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Tuesday in Lagos.

The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, who was represented by the Queen of Relationship, Queen Lami Tumaka, a World-Renowned First-rate Strategic Communications Professional and Director, Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), said that the donation was done in line with the Federal Governments’ call at a time on its Agencies to assist in the time of disaster so as to bring succour to the affected Nigerians.

According to Queen Tumaka, NIMASA, being a Socially Responsible Organisation, had it in plan to extend such kind gesture to 20 states across the country, as they had done in the past, adding that they were kicking off from Lagos State being, as the it remains the flagship amongst states in Nigeria.

One of the victims of the building collapse, Mrs. Risikat Olorunosebi, with a microphone giving a vote of thanks on behalf of other victims in the camp; flanked on the right hand by the Public Relations of Officer of The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr. Kehinde Adebayo in yellow; standing behind the woman is the General Manager, LASEMA, Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu; while the Queen of Relationship, Queen Lami Tumaka, a World-Renowned First-rate Strategic Communications Professional and Director, Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), second to extreme right hand side; and the Head of Financial Services, NIMASA, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya on the extreme right hand side listening attentively to the woman victim, during a donation of relief materials to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

(Corporate social responsibility-CSR): is a corporation’s initiative to assess and take responsibility for the company’s effects on environmental and social well-being. The term generally applies to efforts that go beyond what may be required by regulators or environmental protection groups.

(Emergency): is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and agencies may only be able to offer palliative care for the aftermath, according to wikipedia.

From L-R: NIMASA staff in the Public Relations Department, Femi Kumuyi; The Director Operations, Femi Giwa, The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA); General Manager, Lagos State Infrastructure Assets Management Agency, Mr. Oladeji Williams; General Manager, LASEMA, Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu; the Queen of Relationship, Queen Lami Tumaka, a World-Renowned First-rate Strategic Communications Professional and Director, Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); Standing behind and next to Queen Tumaka is NIMASA Staff, Obinna; The Head of Financial Services, NIMASA, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya; Mrs. Abu of NIMASA; NIMASA staff, Idara; NIMASA staff, Faithwin; NIMASA staff, Aisha; NIMASA staff, Queen Esther; and NIMASA staff Chibuike, during a donation of relief materials to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

She said, “I am happy to be here to make some presentations to you people and commiserate with you over the disaster you have gone through, God Almighty will save us from further disaster by his grace. I am happy to see the way you have taken it because I know you have gone through very harrowing experiences. We can only imagine what you have gone through but God Almighty will not allow it happen to any one of us by His grace.

“I am here on behalf of the Management, Staff and people, especially my director-general, Dr. Dakuku Perterside and the Board of Directors of NIMASA that has made it possible for us to make this humble presentation to the victims, this is as a result of NIMASA being a Socially Responsible Organisation, as this is part of our Corporate Social Responsibility, that is why we are here today to make this presentation.

“This kind of presentation will take us to twenty states of the federation, we are actually starting with Lagos because Lagos is the flagship of this second leg, we started this exercise last year and it took us around the country. Recall that when the country was affected with other kid of disasters, the Federal Government appealed to its Agencies to come on board and make contributions, it was because of that Federal government’s call that we are here today to contribute our widow’s mite, Thank you very much.”

DETAILED INFORMATION ON RECENT COLLAPSE BUILDING IN LAGOS

Remnant of the collapsed building at Ita Faji, Lagos Island, Nigeria.

(Building collapse in Ita Faji, Lagos): On Wednesday March 13, 2019, a building collapsed at Ita Faji, Lagos Island, Nigeria at exactly 9.45am in the morning, killing 20 persons, including school children, while more than 40 people sustained injuries of various degrees. The building was marked for demolition by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LSBCA).

(Building collapse in Kakawa Street, Lagos): On Monday March 25, 2019, a three story building marked for demolition collapsed at 50, Kakawa Street, Lagos Island, Nigeria, collapsed at exactly 1.10 pm in the afternoon, but occupants of the building earlier vacated the building for safety on Saturday March 23, 2019. The building was marked for demolition by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LSBCA).

(Building collapse in Oke Arin, Lagos): On Monday March 18, 2019, another building collapsed at around 3:45pm afternoon on 57, Egerton Square, Oke Arin, Lagos, Nigeria, as a result of quack workers tasked to bring down houses that were marked for demolition by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LSBCA).

Remnant of the collapsed building at 50, Kakawa Street, Lagos Island, Nigeria.

The General Manager, The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA); Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu, disclosed that the displaced people were accommodated for three months and maximum of six months, adding that habitants of the building collapse that took place in Ita Faji and Kakawa, who were presently at the camp were being taken good care of.

He said Lagos state took it as its responsibility, a he did not want the victims to live in the open and be exposed to further disaster, which necessitated the Agency to enumerate them and got them accommodated temporarily for rehabilitation so as to be back to their normal life.

The Queen of Relationship, Queen Lami Tumaka, a World-Renowned First-rate Strategic Communications Professional and Director, Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), being cared for by Mrs. Abu of NIMASA on her arrival during a donation of relief materials to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

“They are fed three times a day, we have five dormitories, each of the dormitories have 22 rooms, in each room, we have 8 persons, where we have cases of families coming in like father, mother and children, we give them opportunity to live in one room.

“They are Lagosians and must be cared for. We counsel them and talk to them on life after the disaster. They are free to go to work. There are nurses and doctors to take care of them, we have kitchen, and dining hall.

The Queen of Relationship, Queen Lami Tumaka, a World-Renowned First-rate Strategic Communications Professional and Director, Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), being welcomed by the General Manager, The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA);, Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu (L); and The General Manager, Lagos State Infrastructure Assets Management Agency, Mr. Oladeji Williams (R ), on her arrival during a donation of relief materials to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

“A lot of companies have been hear and your coming today have been a wonderful experience, I want to put it on record that NIMASA has been a wonderful partner, I want to take this opportunity to thank the director-general of NIMASA and the entire Management of NIMASA, we appreciate you so much, we want to say thank you very much for this wonderful support and this is the example of Corporate Social Responsibility that the government is talking of.”

Meanwhile, one of the victims of the building collapse, Mrs. Risikat Olorunosebi, who gave a vote of thanks on behalf of other Internally Displaced Persons at the camp thanked NIMASA for its generosity, and prayed for God’s protection on all.

NIMASA staff taken selfie with the Queen of Relationship, Queen Lami Tumaka, a World-Renowned First-rate Strategic Communications Professional and Director, Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), (left in the front row); and the Head of Financial Services, NIMASA, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya, during a donation of relief materials to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

The Queen of Relationship, Queen Lami Tumaka, a World-Renowned First-rate Strategic Communications Professional and Director, Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), flanked on the right hand side by the Head of Financial Services, NIMASA, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya, presenting a gift to a surviving twin girl victim of the Lagos collapsed building, during a donation of relief materials to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

The Queen of Relationship, Queen Lami Tumaka, a World-Renowned First-rate Strategic Communications Professional and Director, Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), flanked on the right hand side by the Head of Financial Services, NIMASA, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya, presenting a gift to victims of the Lagos collapsed building, during a donation of relief materials to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

The Queen of Relationship, Queen Lami Tumaka, a World-Renowned First-rate Strategic Communications Professional and Director, Special Duties (External Relations & Technical Cooperation) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), playing and consoling the surviving twin girl victim of the Lagos collapsed building, during a donation of relief materials to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

Relief materials donated by NIMASA to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

Relief materials donated by NIMASA to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

Relief materials donated by NIMASA to victims of the Lagos Building collapse by NIMASA on Tuesday March 3, 2019 at the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties / Emergency Management Agency, Igando Emergency/ Relief/ Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. PHOTO CREDIT: TRADE NEWSWIRE (www.tradenewswire.net).

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 Sulaiman Adenekan, B.Sc (Hons) Bus Admin, MBA (Marketing), MNIMN, arpa

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