LADOL puts policies in place to ensure quality, safety of staff - Jadesimi
Determined to ensure quality and safety of staff and clients, the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base ( LADOL), Nigeria’s first 100 percent private and indigenous industrial Free Zone, said it had put policies, procedures and work instructions in place to promote safety at work place.
“Safety and quality is at the heart of best business practices. This week is a celebration of our many
achievements, including becoming the first company in West and North Africa to be ISO 45001-certified,” Amy Jadesimi, managing director of LADOL, said at the company’s event to mark this year’s safety week.
She described the week as a call to action as LADOL continuously improves to reach greater heights each year.
Jide Jadesimi, LADOL’S executive director, Business Development, who signed the safety commitment banner, said at the opening day of the event that safety remained at the core of the company’s operations.
“Because of the importance of safe practice in the company, other personal engagements have to be put on hold. I want everyone to see themselves as safety champions. LADOL has reached a stage where it has to meet and exceed international standards, due to the hard work and talent of LADOL’S staff and the support of our stakeholders,” he said.
Obi Mac-arthur, LADOL’S SHEQ manager, said high safety culture is the cheapest and most effective insurance policy, stressing that safety is not a hobby but a living.
According to him, the choice of the theme for this year’s safety week “Making Safe Choices,” was born out of the need to continuously inculcate positive safety culture and to ensure zero risk tolerance in all operations.
“This year’s event is unique as it coincides with the launch of “LADOL’S Employee Continuous learning Centre. One of the core truths about safety is that it is a job not just for people who have “safety” in their title, but for everyone, everywhere, every day. It takes all of us to think about safety and to actively discuss these issues in order to reach the next level,” Mac-arthur said.
The event, which highlighted the company’s safety practices, shared learning with stakeholders and new safety targets in the coming year, also featured safety quiz, safety puzzle, safety games all emphasising teamwork and safe system of work, drama, team dances, fitness and health checks, and occupational H& S speech on “Making Safe Choices by and OH&S professional, as well as short occupational talk.
LADOL is building the world’s first Sustainable Industrial Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), using the UN’S Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS). In 2017, LADOL disrupted the local oil and gas market, halving the costs of local support, and creating thousands of local jobs.
Today, the company is focused on attracting and servicing a range of non-oil and gas companies, in sectors ranging from technology to agriculture to create a circular economy within the Zone.