Helicopter Crash: Lagos Begins Reconstruction Of Damaged Buildings

Lagos State Government has begun the renovation of buildings damaged by the helicopter which crashed into residential area at Opebi in Ikeja on Friday.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had said the state would carry out Integrity test on the affected buildings and nearby ones as well as renovate any that requires such.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Akosile, in a tweet on Tuesday said the Lagos State Emergency Agency had commenced work at the crash site.

Sanwo-Olu had said, “We will start the reconstruction and renovation of the places affected by the crash; the rooms, walls, tents and ensure that we quickly bring respite to the senior citizens that have been affected.

“From Monday, we will start rebuilding the damaged structures and also assist in any areas the owners of the buildings need our assistance.

“We will also assist the senior citizens wherever they need help. We know that the incident has had some impact on them. We will give them whatever support we can give them to reduce their psychological, physical and emotional hardship, which may have been caused by the incident.

“We would be doing that for them as a government. The whole essence of governance is to ensure that once your citizens are affected like this, government need to rise up.”

The CPS said in the tweets on Tuesday that the reconstruction had started.

The tweets read, “immediate response of LASEMA to directives of Mr. Governor, has already started yielding results as journey of quick restoration to normalcy, has commenced with the clearing and reconstruction of the incident site.

“Commenting today, at commencement of reconstruction of the disaster area, the DG/CEO, LASEMA, Dr. @OkeOsanyintolu explained further, that beyond the conduct of integrity tests and impact assessments on the affected buildings and entire disaster area within 100 metres radius.

“I want to commend all our frontline workers, all the emergency staff that turned up with citizens in the neigbourhood that turned out in large number to help.”