. Flags to fly at half-mast
.. Sanwo-Olu Inaugurates Tribunal Of Inquiry
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared three days of mourning over the Ikoyi building collapse, which occurred on Monday. No fewer than 32 persons are believed to have died in the incident.
In a press statement signed by Gbenga Omotoso, commisionner of information and strategy, both public and private sector are to mourn the departed souls that lost their lives in the tragedy
“All flags are to be flown at half-mast in public and private buildings and official engagements cancelled during the mourning period.
The Lagos State Government, once again, commiserates with all those who lost their loved ones in the unfortunate incident.
Governor Sanwo-Olu has visited the site thrice to encourage the rescuers and console relations of those who are believed to have been trapped in the 21-storey building. He was today at the hospital to cheer up those injured before swearing in a six-man panel of Inquiry to find out why the building went down and recommend measures to prevent such incidents.”
In a related development the Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has inaugurated members of the investigation tribunal that will conduct an inquiry into the misconduct responsible for the collapse of a 21-storey structure on Gerrard Road in Ikoyi on Monday.
To underscore the importance of this assignment, the Governor also signed the instrument legitimising the composition of the panel and empowering the tribunal to summon anyone and any organisation useful to the investigation.
Speaking, the Governor said: “The people deserve to know what went wrong and even though it would not bring back the lives lost, it would help to prevent a reoccurrence of such a tragic event.
“The inauguration of the panel shows sincerely that the State Government is interested in unraveling and getting to the root cause of what happened, so that everyone concerned, including the Government, will learn from the very unfortunate incident.
“Lagosians and the world will be watching and waiting keenly, with the full expectation that the immediate and remote causes of this tragedy will be uncovered,” Sanwo-Olu said.
The Governor has given the panel a mandate to complete its job within 4 weeks.
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