Lagos Cancels Wednesday Holiday

 Lagos Cancels Wednesday Holiday

Lagos State government yesterday said it only approved May 2nd and 3rd as public holidays to celebrate the 2022 International Workers’ Day and the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations.

The government also told its workers to disregard earlier circular which approved three straight days as public holidays.

The Head of Service in the state, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in a circular to workers dated April 27, 2022, had approved May 2-4 as public holidays.

However, upon the declaration by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, that May 2-3 were approved, the Lagos HoS reappraised earlier decision and approved the same, urging workers to disregard the first circular.

Meanwhile, a stranded pregnant woman who fell into labour on a popular Lagos road has been delivered of a baby by a team of the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) officials.

The woman; 27 year old Shukarat Isa who resides at 30 Akin Akinsehinwa Street, Awoyaya, Lagos and the baby, a male weighing 3.3kg, have since been taken to the Ikate Health Center for further care and management.

Speaking after receiving a report of the successful medical emergency response by the LASAMBUS team, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi explained that the incident occurred around the Law School Bus Stop; along the popular Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island.

He said, “LASAMBUS received a distressed call of a pregnant woman in labour at 8.02am and promptly dispatched its closest response team to the venue of the incident. The team arrived at the scene, the Law School Bus stop, at 8:16 am, and quickly set parameters for the emergency response, helping the woman to deliver both the baby and the placenta”.

He added that the team cleaned up both baby and mother whilst observing basic medical emergency procedures on the spot before conveying them to the Ikate Health Center for further management.