Governor Babatunde Fashola
Lagos State government at the weekend disclosed that it had completed a cenotaph in remembrance of the 153 victims of the Dana plane crash, which threw the entire country into mourning and will be unveiled on June 3, 2013.
The state government added that the cenotaph would be publicly unveiled on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the plane crash, which claimed the lives of all passengers on board.
Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr. Wale Ahmed disclosed the plan to officially unveil the cenotaph at a news conference held at the state secretariat, Alausa to mark the first anniversary of the incident.
Ahmed, who addressed the conference along with his information and strategy counterpart, Mr. Aderemi Ibirogba and Permanent Secretary (Special Duties), Dr. Aderemi Desalu among others, said Fashola (SAN) would on Monday unveil the cenotaph.
He said there would be laying of wreath by the governor and some other dignitaries.
According to Ahmed, the governor is expected to interact with families of the deceased and commiserate with them, while prayers would also be made for the repose of the deceased.
He said right from the time the incident took place, the government had been in control of the situation, saying Fashola met with families of the deceased and that it was agreed that the anniversary should take place.
The commissioner explained that adequate preparation had been made to mark the first anniversary, saying that lots of lessons had been learnt from the plane crash and that the state government “is well prepared to handle emergency issues in the future.”
According to him,”there has been improvement in the Local Emergency Management in the state. We advise people to always leave emergency scene for government officials who have been trained to come in for rescue operation. Also, motorists competing with us for right of way during emergency period should desist from such.”
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