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From building collapse to fire incidence, road, sea, rail and air mishap, tanker explosion, insecurity challenge, flood and workplace accident, Nigeria has been hugely impacted by varying degrees of natural and man-induced disaster that have rubbed off negatively on human lives and national purse.

For instance, a recent report by Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) revealed that Nigeria lost about $188bn investment opportunities between 2017 – 2020, representing more than 92 percent investment opportunities in four years.

But according to a former Director General of Lagos Chamber of Commerce of Industry (LCCI), Muda Yusuf, this is not unconnected to low level of investors’ confidence, fueled by structural problems of infrastructure and worsening security situation, amid other uncertainties in the country.

Lives lost to disaster and emergency in the country are immeasurable even as report by InterNations described Nigeria as the third most dangerous place to live in the world with regards to safety and security, after South Africa and Brazil.

According to media report, between 2019 and 2021, Nigeria recorded no fewer than 68 fire outbreak resulting in 79 deaths which the Federal Fire Service (FFS) identified electrical spark as the major cause of most outbreak.

Reports by Brookings also put Nigeria has number one in the frequency and intensity of building collapse in Africa. The report further identifies that no fewer than 6000 households were displaced by building collapse with property worth of $3.2 trillion forfeited.

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Operational Technology OT is by and large characterized as all non-IT authoritative gadgets and organization gear. Models may incorporate a property of the executive’s framework, an ATM machine, or an analytic device utilized in a high-level medical clinic. The association of these gadgets offers programmers the chance to think twice about acquiring unapproved admittance to business applications. Fortunately, there is developing mindfulness about the significance of managing OT security concerns. News features, for example, hacking pilgrim pipelines promise pioneers that they are focused on arranging and financing to secure their OT gadgets. Be that as it may, there are various associations, which can mean shutting the holes among IT and OT inside the framework. IT security groups like to have dynamic senior checking capacities, hazard the executive’s instruments, and distant fix abilities for IT gadgets however, a large portion of those devices and assets are not accessible or can’t be utilized for OT security.

CARBON AUDIT is often interrelated to ENERGY AUDIT, why? It is because carbon emission is a product of energy consumption. Various sources of energy have some level of contribution to atmospheric greenhouse gases which are mainly Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Nitrous oxide (N2O) and Methane (NH4) as these gasses accumulates in the atmosphere to form a shiel of gasses called Greenhouse Gases (GHGs).

At Safety Consultants and Solution Providers (SCSP), we are worried by the continuous disregard for safety campaigns. We will therefore not relax on our compliance drive for safety attainment. As a matter of urgency, we call on education stakeholders to inculcate and include safety in school curriculum for early adoption and should be immortalised as everyone’s business in a manner that makes citizen’s participation mandatory and crystal clear. Also, we encourage safety and health department of organisations to periodically embark on seminars and drills on safety so that employees and the general public are regularly apprised of the right safety practices. This can include legislations on safety compliance, safety inspections and adherence to safety policies and practices. Even something as simple as teaching workers safety acronyms or carrying out safety drills will get people continuously thinking about safety.  On our part as safety outfit, (SCSP), we are open to training and developing manpower on safety expertise and effective compliance to safety as our unrelenting vision.

Sensing Technology is one that detects and responds to inputs from the physical surrounding, be it light, pressure, heat, moisture, motion, smoke, or gas. Sensing systems processes the input in the control unit by means of embedded microprocessors and wireless communication systems, which in turn communicates to the output devices.

On the suggestion of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution, WHO recognized the variety B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern, dubbed Omicron, on November 26, 2021. (TAG-VE). This conclusion was made based on data submitted to the TAG-VE that Omicron contains a number of alterations that could affect how it acts, such as how easy it spreads or the severity of the sickness it causes.

The Nigerian British Chamber Of Commerce acknowledges the pivotal role that Safety Consultants and Solutions provider plays in stimulating economic growth, providing employment, and promoting innovation and creativity. This year, to celebrate Micro Small and Medium-sized Enterprises week, safety Consultants and Solutions provider was celebrated.

ISO/IEC 27032 addresses, defined “Cybersecurity” or “the Cyberspace security” as the “preservation of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information in the Cyberspace”. In turn “Cyberspace” is defined as “the complex environment resulting from the interaction of people, software and services on the Internet by means of technology devices and networks connected to it, which does not exist in any physical form”.
Cybersecurity is becoming a critical issue as most businesses now use computers in their day-to-day operations. The use of computers for the storage of the most sensitive data of most businesses presents its own risk and threat to business continuity.

The Underwriters Laboratory (UL) and FM (Factory Mutual)) are widely recognized for their skill in assessing the efficacy of and safety of an expansive range of products. Both are known to make sure products and safety systems conform to the highest standards for safety and assets loss prevention through an extensive process of scientific research, certification, validation, testing, inspection, and audit which are regulated by codes and standards.