Sanwo-Olu visits Scene of Abule Ado Explosions, orders Investigation

…Governor Launches N2 Billion Relief Funds For Victims

...Meets With President Buhari On The Matter

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has set up a high-profile committee to investigate the remote and immediate cause of the Sunday morning explosions that ripped through Abule Ado and Ado Soba towns in Amuwo Odofin area of the State, which left a large-scale destruction in its trail.

Gov. Sanwo-Olu, his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and members of the State Executive Council were at the scene of the explosions on Monday to meet with victims and take stock of the assets destroyed.

The Governor, who described the incident as “a disturbing development”, constituted a fact-finding Committee to immediately launch an investigation into the remote cause of the explosion.

The committee, to be chaired by both Dr. Hamzat and Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, has 14 days to submit its findings.

Besides, Sanwo-Olu announced a N2 billion Emergency Relief Fund for the victims of the explosion. He said the State Government would immediately release N250 million into the Funds to provide instant relief for those affected by the explosion.

There have been conflicting reports in the media as to what led to the explosion. But, Sanwo-Olu urged members of the public to wait for the outcome of the committee’s findings, cautioning residents against sharing unconfirmed information that could raise panic.

The Governor promised the State Government would unravel the root cause of the explosion, adding that recommendations from the investigation would be implemented to prevent re-occurrence of the incident.

He said: “On behalf of the Government, I commiserate with families that lost their loved ones, students that lost their teacher and everyone in this neighbourhood who lost their means of livelihood. My visit to the scene of the explosion this morning is not to apportion blame for the sad incident.

“We want to first express condolences to the families of our citizens that have lost their lives, and all our citizens that have their properties and good destroyed extensively. I confess I have never seen any destruction of this magnitude before in the State. It is rather unfortunate.

“As a responsible government, we are immediately setting up a fact-finding mission as to the remote cause of this incident. We are setting up a panel that will start work from today and will need to give us a report in the next two weeks. It is an inter-governmental and multi sectoral committee that will be headed by the Deputy Governor and Commissioner for Special Duties as co-chairman.”

Other members of the committee, according to Sanwo-Olu, include Commissioner for Education, her counterparts in Finance, Physical Planning, and Environment, Permanent Secretaries of the ministries of Health, Works and Infrastructure, Commissioner of Police, and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security.

Others are Chairman of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, representatives of Community Development Association (CDA) and Community Development Committee (CDC), representative of Bethlehem Girls College, representatives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) and representative of the host community.

Sanwo-Olu described the level destruction in Abule Ado and Ado Soba as “monumental”, saying the resources to be appropriated in helping the victims to rebuild their lives were beyond what a single Government could undertake on its own.

He said: “The process of rebuilding this place is beyond what the Government, either at the national level or state, can also undertake on its own. Given the level of destruction, I am immediately setting up what I have called an Abule Ado/Ado Soba Emergency Relief Fund. It is a N2 billion relief fund and the state government will immediately be putting N250 million in that fund. Three banks have opened accounts for the Fund.

“Setting up this Fund is to give everybody the opportunity to be part of rebuilding this place and to be able to donate into it. The utilisation of funds, which will be headed by the Deputy Governor, will also be part of the responsibility that the fact-finding committee will be saddled with. To show our commitment to helping the victims recover, we have three bank account numbers already.

“Polaris Bank with the account number 4030017510, name Abule Ado Emergency Relief Fund. Also, Zenith Bank account number 1017184516, with the same account name and Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank, with account number 0568615688. Well-meaning Nigerians and corporate organisations that wish to support us on this journey can donate to any of these three banks account”

The relief funds, Sanwo-Olu said, would help the Lagos Government to offset the victims’ medical bills and re-settle displaced people before rebuilding activities start.

Sanwo-Olu said he would be meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari later on Monday to brief him on the incident, stressing that Lagos required the cooperation and support of the Federal Government in dealing with the situation.

The Governor also ordered Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) to commence immediate clean-up of the explosion site.

Source: https://lagosstate.gov.ng/blog/2020/03/16/gov-sanwo-olu-visits-scene-of-abule-ado-fire-explosion-on-monday-march-16-2020/

Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko...


May God console the love ones of those who lost their lives in the Pipeline explosion�.

Tip: Do not buy land or live close to gas pipe line, pipe line must explode. Government don't care.

This man is the worst governor in Africa today. Not only is he incompetent, he is also begging people for money on twitter.

Tinubu's stooge

What took him so long?


Sr. Henrietta and all the other victims of yesterday's explosion, RIP.
The shíthole took your lives just like that

The damage is huge..pictures didn't portray the reality. You need to visit there..

Those that woke up on Sunday morning thanking God for life never knew that it's few hours to thier death , those that slept in their various house on Saturday night never new they will be homeless the next days , some never new they will be fatherless , motherless e.t.c . May God protect us all from this kind of unpredictable tragedy

you can never really fathom the pain people are going through right now.
i was just coming back from church (archangels parish) when the blast happened right next to my compound
and front of Bethlehem girls school thank God we are all alive but so many properties were damaged.
had to sleep in a family friends house in satellite town
God help us with debt

If people have to live or are allowed to live around petroleum products pipelines or power lines for whatever reason, then there is need for the government to train them & every other person in emergency handling or response.


The viral video of the leaking pipe or tanker, taken by that lady says alot about how ignorant we are as a people in responding or acting whenever something of this nature happen.


May their precious souls RIP

What a Black Sunday.

Governor Launches N2 Billion Relief Funds For Victims

goodway to start.may the souls of d departed rest well

when is Buhari going to visit the scene+


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Evergreen4:
Tinubu's stooge

miscreant , is dis necessary on this sad thread, y ur head just dey upside down anyhow. shut up if u no get beta tin to type

Did anyone notice Sanwo-Olu never pointed in all the pictures?

This Sanwo-Olu- Hamzat combination is just too sweet. Like Trump and Pence

I would have contributed mine to your gofundme but my transport cost has gone up 300% ever since you banned keke and okada in Lagos state. . This state has taken jobs from people and constantly makes life difficult for entrepreneurs,are these the same people y’all want donations from? Tinubu can donate any amount needed. Is that not what godfather of a state is for? For the fact that he owns Lagos State, he should foot the bill. He should now give back to those he has taken too much from. 3 days money from LCC tolls will go along way you know

The government shouldn't be asking for donations. This is nonsense. We pay taxes!!! NGOs may do so but not the state government.
Wait self, wetin hapen to abacha loot

Hold that man in the second pic, he is chocking..Lagos will miss Ambode badly, quick response to issues like this... emergency situations were responded to quickly and faster

The clueless one

I came to see him point

This one is a social media reactant.
He was called out for always pointing on the social media.Pronto,he stopped.
He was called out just yesterday for not visiting this site,pronto,he visits today.
May he not react when a blogger claims he hasn't been visiting his wife in the other room.
Zero initiative.

If I don't see somebody pointing like Pontus in any of those pictures....I will never accept Sanwo Olu has visited the scene of explosion.

What better Avenue is there to point if not this one..

All I see is a man desperately resisting the urge to point

hisexcellency34:
Did anyone notice Sanwo-Olu never pointed in all the pictures?

r u saying, him for point to whr ur big head dey or wat exactly

He should resign. That's what other people do

What a borrowed life we are all living today...anyways,r.i.p to those who lost their lives due to the negligence of others.

didolobo:
G

G for what

Finally Tinubu has granted him Permission to Visit. Dead Governor

Hmmm

emeijeh:
What took him so long?


Sr. Henrietta and all the other victims of yesterday's explosion, RIP.
The shíthole took your lives just like that

nairaland number one mumu don type again o..
u 4 carry pressman and all ur family go d venue go do press conference as everything dey hot, dey burn yesterday na.
miscreant dat sees only d bad side of everything in life. gambling wit gala money on a daily basis.

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IWTBAB:
r u saying him for point to ur dey head or wat

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Always sound like a re.tard.

Are you well at all?