Total Nigeria yesterday donated the sum of One Million Naira to
the Ikorodu Branch of the Nigerian BarAssociation.
The grant highlights the company’s support for the Free
LegalClinic Initiative of the branch under the leadership of Mr.
Adebayo Akinlade.
Remarkably, the branch, through its Pro Bono Committee headed by
Mrs. Odunola Jegede has successfully secured the release of over 70
indigent inmates in the last four months.
The ProBono Committee is accessible to the public at the Ikorodu
High Court premises every Thursday.
The Committee provides free and quality legal services to
indigent members of the public.
Reacting to the kind gesture of Total Nigeria, Mr. Akinlade
commended the company for identifying with the branch’s cause and
urged more support for his administration’s quest to offer free
legal services to the poor and ensure timely access to justice.
The Chief Judge of LagosState, Justice Opeyemi Oke was ably
represented by Justice Lawal Akapo at the presentation ceremony
which took place at the High Court, Ita-Elewa,
Ikoroduyesterday.
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Niger Gov Abubakar Sani-Bello
Niger to Provide Fire Station in 25 LGCs
In a proactive bid to stem down the devastating effect of fire
outbreak, Niger State Government is to provide functional fire
fighting station in each of the 25 local govern.ent areas of the
state.
The State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello disclosed this on
Tuesday when he made on the spot assessment of the burnt section of
the Monday Market in New Bussa in Borgu Local Government Area of
the state.
Fifty four permanent locked-up shops, 15 attached shops and
merchanrdise worth over N100 million were raised down to the
rubbles by the inferno that gutted market on Sunday night.
The Governor who noted that fire outbreak in markets across the
state has become a reoccurring incident said there is need to build
fire stations in markets and Local Goverment headquarters.
“This is not the first time we are experiencing fire outbreak in
markets across the state. Now it has happened in New Bussa but the
most important thing is that no life was lost.
“What we can do is to ensure that we have fire service stations
in all the Local Government headquarters and we have built seven
stations already. So we also have to ensure we set up one here as
soon as possible so that when there is fire outbreak we can contain
it before it cause more damages.”
Expressing concern about the attendant effect of fire incidence
on victims, Governor Sani Bello said “government will ensure it
provide support to the victims to reduce their hardship”.
The Governor who assured the victims of financial support said
the State Emergency Management Agency would do a proper assessment
to identify victims and look into how they would be compensated
.
He however called on the market committee to redesign the market
system and ensure that highly inflamable products are are kept in a
specific area in the market, ensure they monitor market activities
and ensure that each shop had a fire extinguisher so as to enable
them address such occurances.
Governor Sani-Bello further stated that the state government
would liaise with the local government council to see to how they
can support and rebuild the market.
The Director General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency,
(NSEMA) Alh. Ahmed Ibrahim Inga disclosed that 54 permanent shops
and 15 attached shops were affected. Adding that property worth
over N100 million were lost
Jibrin Baba Ndace
Chief Press Secretary
27 February 2019