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"This electrocution happened at
around 6:30am today in River valley
Estate, Ojodu Berger.The guy involved
was employed only yesterday as a
gateman and opened the gate for his
boss who was leaving for work early.
Only to close the gate after his boss
zoomed off, his fate befell him.
There was no light over night until
about a few minutes before 6:30am.
Passersby still saw his corpse at
about 6:30am still shaking but they
could not render any help. When the
security men of the estate were
informed they only went to inspect
and confirm the story, they couldn't
render any help. Their conscience
didn't even prick them that it goes
way beyond their civic responsibility
as professionals to coordinate the
scene, even though they could not
help the dead.
What am I saying? Well it is easy to
say the devil orchestrated the death of
this 'poor' guy and perfected his evil
will upon him. But holdup a second
before saying that. Among the few
tens that gathered round this boy
during the wee hours, no one saw
him/herself as a rescuer, Why?
Because they have no first aid, health
and safety knowledge. And even if
they had, they couldn't or didn't use
it. This is pathetic either way.
A number of persons saw this guy
during his last minutes of grace to
live, but they failed him but failed
themselves even more and the
country. The citizens of the nation
have no iota of first aid, health and
safety knowledge. What to do or what
can be done in an emergency situation
like this is known by less than
0.00001% of Nigerians. Many stumble
on accident scenes where the victims
still had a chance to live, but surround
them as spectators whom they had
just paid their gate fee to watch, the
'match of who is going to give up the
ghost first'.
A number of people begin to thank
God they missed out on being the
victim by just an inch as the Lord
directed them. No one ever feels the
Lord directed him/her to be a rescuer.
The closest help this guy might have
gotten till this moment is
communication of this happening to
the world which also establishes the
role of information in place of first
aid, health and safety. At about this
period where there have been
tremendous improvements in
electricity generation and distribution
generally, there has also been a great
increase in rainfall and flood in the
country which may mean more danger
to the public if health and safety
measures don't measure up.
The staff of power generation and
distribution companies must also be
well skilled, just in case they find
themselves in a situation where they
need to become a rescuer to a
member of the general public. At the
extensive level, there should be an
overhauling of all head cables. Many
cables are weak. Many are also joined
together weakly. Many of the
electricity infrastructure are also
poorly maintained.
These are all hazards that poses risks
to just anybody. Members of the
public should equally be orientated by
the emergency and safety agencies in
the country in order to help each other
in situations like this. Safety persons
should also live up to their
professional expectations. The role of
a health and safety professional
should be recognized and bolstered in
view of developing the economy. The
sector is capable of creating
employment opportunities which will
translate into jacking or hi-jacking the
nation out of recession.
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