Lagos State Government has organised one-day training. It has also injected occupational, safety and health marshals into the five technical colleges, the Director General (D-G), Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola, has said.

He added: “These are part of efforts to ensure a safe and healthy work environment in our schools.”

Mojola spoke yesterday at a training held at the Lagos State Technical College, Agidingbi, Ikeja.

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The D-G, represented by the Technical Adviser to the commission, Mr. Seun Awojobi, congratulated the participants on being selected among others as the representatives of their colleges.

He said after the training, they would be inducted as occupational safety marshals to oversee the safety of students, teachers, equipment, tools, machines, visitors and stakeholders.

Mojola said Lagos State Safety Commission’s (LSSC’s) and Lagos State Technical and Education Board’s (LASTVEB’s) collaboration dated back to 2013 when the commission carried out safety sensitisation and advocacy at the five technical colleges, including LASTVEB headquarters.

He added that another safety risk assessment of technical college buildings, equipment, tools and machinery was also done.

The Executive Secretary, LASTVEB, Ms Ronke Azeez, represented by the Director, Co-Curricular/Gender and Social Inclusion Unit, Mrs. Osah Gladys, welcomed participants to the programme.

“We appreciate your inputs and efforts in the drive for safety and health placed in our technical colleges. Our collaboration with LSSC has been on since 2013 when safety and health were first introduced through advocacy and sensitisation at the five technical colleges. We are glad that safety risk assessment carried out at the colleges last year has resulted in this programme,” she said.