LAGOS COURT JAILS NOGASA CHAIR, FATUYI PHILLIPS 21 YEARS FOR N43. 5M FRAUD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Lagos Court Jails NOGASA Chair, Fatuyi Phillips 21 Years  for N43.5m Fraud    Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, November 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, to 21 years imprisonment for N43.5m fraud.   The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 5, 2022, arraigned Philips alongside his firm, Oceanview Oil and Gas Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N43, 502,000.00   Count one reads: "Fatuyi Yemi Philips and Oceanview Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, on or about the 28th day of September, 2016 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the aggregate sum of N43, 502,000.00 from Elochukwu Okoye and Elebana Unique Ventures Nigeria Limited on behalf of WAPCIL Nigeria Limited under the false rep

LASEMA,ADOPTS SURVEILLANCE/ADVOCACY STRATEGIES TO PREVENT DISASTER.

                  As part of efforts geared towards reducing disaster risks in Lagos State,the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency {LASEMA} has adopted monitoring and surveillance of domestic,industrial aand public facilities into its main activity of disaster management.Speaking with newsmen on the activities of the Surveillance and monitoring Unit of the Agency,LASEMA General Manager,Mr. Michael Akindele,explained that the shift from search and rescue to disaster risk reduction,through emergency prevention,mitigation,early warning and advocacy are new strategies in disaster management.He explained that the new approach is a practical one to reducing emergencies/disasters thereby reducing the huge expenses borne by the State Government on relief assistance to victims of disasters.Akindele stated that the Agency is taking proactive steps to carry out immediate monitoring/inspection of reported distressed and thereafter work in partnership with other government Agencies to prevent disasters from occurring.The LASEMA boss thanked the public for their support through prompt calls on danger signs,noting that the public play pivotal role in disaster mitigation/prevention and consequently reducing hazards ,risks and vulnerabilities by ensuring that distress calls on emerging hazards and risks are relayed to the Agency.According to him,the Agency has continued to receive relevant information through the toll free line 767/112 ,such as dilapidated and structurally defective buildings,schools,among others that could degenerate into future disasters.One more photo below.                                                                                                                                                               

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