INTRODUCING: LAGOS SAFETY - FIRST EVER ONLINE PORTAL FOR REPORTING SAFETY ISSUES
Monday, January 07, 2013Omoba
LagosSafety.com is an online portal where Lagosians can now report safety issues in their environment online. It serves as a point of contact between the citizens and the government. Residents observe their environment, find anomalies and report them online. The government acknowledges the issue and commence work on it. Once the issue is sorted, the thread becomes “closed”.
The administrator of
Lagossafety.com, Mr. Segun Adekoye explained “The idea was to bridge the gap
between the government and the people. Sometimes there are issues that are
hazardous to the lives of people unattended to for a while. An example is an
electric wire lying on the road for days before it becomes fixed. We have been
able to fragment the issues into categories that can be directed to their
respective authorities such that PHCN Lagos, knows it’s own category while the
State Ministry of Works and Housing also knows where it belongs on the website.
We did this out of the need to inform the government about issues it rarely
hears about and move them towards solving them.
LagosSafety.com was
launched in December 2012 but will however commence full operations effective
from January 2013. It helps to stimulate social responsibility in the state and
makes all the residents stakeholders. There are several issues that barely get
the attention of the State Government, this sort of issues can be resolved once
it gets to the notice of the responsible authorities. The site also
incorporates Google Maps so that places that are being reported can be
accurately located.
The kinds of issues
that can be reported are dangerous buildings, bad roads, flood, potholes, bad
traffic lights, electricity, road lighting, no street names, emergencies such
as fire outbreaks and accidents. Other environmental issues such as waste
disposal, traffic obstructions, decaying or dead animals or people can also be
reported. Security and risk issues can also be reported. These range from
chaos, security alerts, illegal parking are also to be reported online.
Residents can begin by
registering on the site www.lagossafety.com in order to be able to report
issues that they notice in their community. Thereafter, they can report any
issue that fall into these categories. Registration is free and LagosSafety.com
does not require any form of money from users of the web portal.
Security is a
collective effort, it is important that all hands work together to promote and
report safety issues on the site. The site is useful for residents of Lagos
State who have no idea about risky or emergency issues in other parts of the
State. It is helpful for bloggers and news organization to help them report and
broadcast issues that pose a threat to human existence. It is also a great
resource for the government to find out and address safety issues in the state.
LagosSafety.com was
set up to ensure to the city of Lagos is safe and habitable for all.
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