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LASG Trains caregivers on safety practices.

The Lagos State Government has urged daycare owners and caregivers in preschools to prioritise the health and safety of the children left in their care.

The Director-General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, stated this at the weekend during a training program organised in collaboration with Sufumonde Limited in Alausa, Ikeja.

Mojola, who was represented by the Director of Public Safety and Wellbeing in the Commission, Mr Adeyinka Adebiyi, noted that caregivers needed to be adequately trained in order to protect children from harm.

According to him “We are all aware that at their tender age, children are vulnerable because they pick things from the floor, they crawl and they do not know of hazards around them and this can endanger their lives. That is why we have initiated this training so that all caregivers that are participating in it will best practice on how to care for infants and take responsibility for their safety.
“Once they have these trainings, caregivers will know the best ways to take care of them to prevent accidents and injuries. The government already has a policy which has to do with how schools and daycare centres should operate and we also carry out safety audit and risk assessment of these centres and their environments to ensure that where these underage children are kept are safe.”

The Managing Director of Sufumonde Limited, Mrs Bolanle Adesan, said, “The more reason why we need to assess safety and be more vigilant is because of children with special needs which are on the rise; we need to take more care as the brain of a child develops predominantly in the first five years and harm that may occur within this time frame can affect their adulthood.”

The Managing Director of Greensprings Schools, Mrs Lai Koiki, who was represented by Mr Sulyman Fasasi, in her remarks, explained that child safety is a collective responsibility she urged caregivers to report any concerns they have about children’s safety within the communities where they work to the appropriate authorities.

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