Matthew Otoijagha
The Governor- Elect of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been urged to use insurance as a means for disaster and risk management strategy. The call was made by the Managing Director, Cosmic Insurance Brokers, Dr. Teslim Sanusi, when he paid a congratulatory visit to Sanwoolu in Lagos, recently.
Sanusi, who congratulated the governor-elect, advised the in-coming administration on the need to encourage the insurance of public and government property in reducing or eliminating the menace of collapsed buildings in the state.
Lamenting the increasing spate of collapsed buildings with its attendant calamitous effect on the people of the state, Sanusi advised the state government to continually undertake surveys and risk audits of public buildings in the state through recommendations from professionals, and ensure that insurance companies insisted on such risk improvement reports before accepting such risks.
Sanusi, who was a former President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, also commiserated with the government over the loss of lives occasioned by the collapse of a public building at Ita Faaji on Lagos Island and appealed to the public to always embrace insurance in order to cushion losses to lives and property in the event of their occurrence.