When the Compensation Act in December 2010 covering diseases and conditions arising from the place of work it was not borne from to justify or tolerate handing out monetary compensations to our citizens without address the source of hazards and tackling it.
Lagos is a cleaner place, yes we all agree. We also agree that our city is not the first to embrace a clean environment strategy but there has to be a way to protect the health and well being of our cleaners who make the cities an enviable place. Deaths of cleaners and environmental staff have become common place on our National dailies. GM LAWMA when asked responded that the 200,000 Naira was paid to the family and the bills of the burial. Is compensation enough and is that the way forward?
Lagos is a cleaner place, yes we all agree. We also agree that our city is not the first to embrace a clean environment strategy but there has to be a way to protect the health and well being of our cleaners who make the cities an enviable place. Deaths of cleaners and environmental staff have become common place on our National dailies. GM LAWMA when asked responded that the 200,000 Naira was paid to the family and the bills of the burial. Is compensation enough and is that the way forward?
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