FIC REPORT (LAGOS STATE) – The National Industrial Safety Council of Nigeria (NISCN) has conferred its prestigious Senior Safety Advocate (SSA) title on Mr Lanre Mojola, Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Safety Commission, making him the first person ever to hold the designation and recognising what the Council called his contributions to occupational health, safety and environmental standards in Nigeria.
The award was presented by NISCN’s National President, Engr John Obajimi, on behalf of the body, in a citation that credited Mojola with “visionary leadership, outstanding dedication and impactful contributions” to advancing Occupational Health, Safety and Environment standards, both in Lagos State and across the country more broadly.
The Council said his leadership of the Lagos State Safety Commission had helped strengthen proactive safety regulation, build a stronger safety culture and drive institutional excellence — achievements it said justified naming him the inaugural recipient of the title, with Mojola now entitled to carry the designation “SSA” before his name.
The recognition lands against the backdrop of a broad slate of safety initiatives rolled out by the Commission under Mojola’s tenure, spanning occupational safety, emergency preparedness, public safety and risk management. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he led the Commission’s safety assessment and auditing work as businesses, schools, religious institutions and hospitality venues prepared to reopen, introducing safety protocols and a registration process for establishments seeking clearance to resume operations safely.
His administration also institutionalised what the Commission calls the 4Es framework — Evaluation, Education, Engagement and Enforcement — as its guiding approach to identifying risk, educating stakeholders, engaging communities and enforcing safety regulations across both formal and informal sectors. That approach has fed into intensified interventions in the liquefied petroleum gas sector, where the Commission has stepped up training and monitoring of gas retailers, cylinder handlers and plant operators with a specific focus on preventing gas explosions and fire incidents.
In schools, the Commission has pushed safety awareness programmes covering emergency preparedness, fire drills and risk assessments, while extending similar sensitisation to workers in the informal economy — market operators, mechanics, transport workers and construction workers among them.
Alongside that grassroots work, Mojola’s administration has built out professional safety training aimed at sharpening workplace safety knowledge among operational staff, managers and executives.
The Commission has kept up a programme of safety inspections and risk assessments at high-risk facilities, including construction sites, industrial premises, event venues and other commercial establishments, imposing sanctions where establishments are found non-compliant. That oversight has also reached into food establishments and public events, where safety, hygiene, emergency preparedness and crowd management are monitored, and has extended to festive-period safety campaigns run in major commercial centres in partnership with emergency and fire authorities. At the community level, the Commission has worked to strengthen basic emergency-response capacity through CPR, first aid and related training.
Taken together, the record cited by NISCN in conferring the Senior Safety Advocate title points to a sustained push by Mojola’s Commission to embed safety advocacy and regulatory compliance more deeply into everyday life across Lagos State.
Sourced by ;
Opara ifeoma Janet
(Chief executive officer information )
25/09/26.
