The activities of swimming pool operators in Lagos may soon come under the regulation of a body as the State House of Assembly perfect strategies to pass a bill regulating them.
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On Tuesday at a stakeholders’ meeting on “Lagos State Safety Commission Swimming Pool Regulations, 2017”, organised by the House Committee on Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations in Lagos, the Speaker of the Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said the state must regulate swimming pool operators’ activities to safeguard the lives of users.
Obasa, who was represented by the Majority Leader, Mr Sanai Agunbiade, said the regulation would help to prevent unnecessary death and injuries by users, especially teenagers.
The proposed regulation criminalised operating swimming pool service without official permission.
Also speaking at the event, the Secretary and Legal Assistant of the Safety Commission, Mrs. Omotola Sanusi said there was need for a law that would ensure all swimming pools have lifeguards on duty.
In her own contribution, Mrs. Adeola Folarin, a legal officer from the state Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, advocated for the provision of first aid box in all swimming pools in the state.
