LAGOS—As the Yuletide activities kicks off nationwide, Lagos
State Government, through the state Emergency Management
Agency, LASEMA, has urged parents and guardians to warn
their children and wards to desist from the use of fireworks,
popularly called “banger,” even as it warned sellers against the
sale of the items.
General Manager LASEMA, Mr. Michael Akindele who gave the
warning yesterday, in his Alausa office, said that a special team
consisting of the agency, the police and other security
operatives have been mobilized to apprehend offenders within
the ambit of the law for prosecution.
He warned dealers and end users of fireworks to steer clear of
the state because of the potential hazard of the item to the
people and the environment.
Akindele reiterated the earlier ban on the use of the device by
Lagos State Police Commissioner in order to further ensure
safety of lives and properties in the state.
He recalled the ordeal of December 26, 2012 Jankara fire
outbreak caused by the storage of fireworks in some of the
shops leading to loss of lives and properties worth millions of
naira.
Akindele noted that the noise created by fireworks and the
large amounts of debris and fallout left over after shooting
may also cause health hazards and environmental nuisance
which could degenerate to disaster under certain conditions
and inimical to health of the communities and neighborhoods
where the users live.
“The careless use of fireworks may be dangerous to the users as
they stand the risks of sustaining burns and wounds as well as
harming bystanders or cause fire outbreak when thrown on
inflammable materials, in this period of fuel scarcity and
potential storage of it in homes and other public places,” he
said.
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/yuletide-lagos-to-arrest-sellers-users-of-fireworks/

K

But even in europe people still use fire works during festivities.
These security people are just looking for xmas money that's why they are planning arrests now.
But those naija guys no sabi shoot knock out sha. They so it with the aint of harming people.
Warn them i say not arrest

what about 'ina olorun'?