Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered the immediate suspension of the General Manager, Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA), Mrs Adenike Adekanbi.
Mr Olumide Sogunle, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Lagos.
He said the government also ordered that the facility managers be sacked and the firm blacklisted immediately.
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Sogunle said that these actions taken were necessitated by the findings of the panel set up to look into the likely causes, identify persons who might be culpable, and suggest ways of preventing any future occurrence of elevator accident.
The permanent secretary said that for transparency, the membership of the panel included representatives of the Medical Guild and six representatives of House Officers.
He said that based on the initial findings the Lagos State Government has instructed that the operations and line of reporting of the facility managers be restructured to involve the hospital management directly
According to him, the installation and maintenance contractors have been handed to the police for further investigation and likely prosecution, if they are found culpable.
”The police will also investigate anyone else that might have been found to be negligent. Engineers are working to unravel why all the safety devices of the elevator failed at the same time
”All our staff are fully insured, We have informed our life insurance providers about this incident.
”The Lagos Safety Commission has been directed to immediately carry out an audit of all elevators in public offices. This is besides the usual safety arrangements that have always existed,” he said.
Sogunle said that the elevator that crashed was installed brand new in 2021.
He said that elevator experts working with the Lagos Safety Commission had carried out an initial inspection and would be removing the elevator for further mechanical examination to determine why the safety features, that should prevent this kind of accident did not work.
According to him, their findings will determine if there is a case with the elevator installer.
While commiserating with the deceased family and colleagues, the state government that all staff of the state are fully insured, adding that the state’s life insurance providers had been informed about the incident.
