Global Leaders, Policymakers To Converge On Lagos For Safety, Health Summit

Lagos State Safety Commission has concluded plans to convene the Lagos State Occupational Safety and Health (LASOSH) Conference 2025. The commission said global leaders, policymakers, and industry stakeholders will converge on the state for the conference.

The director general, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, who disclosed this to journalists on Thursday in Lagos, said the Lagos State Occupational Safety and Health LASOSH Conference 2025, with the theme “Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) as a Catalyst for Nation Building,” seeks to establish a resilient and adaptable OSH management system for Lagos State.

He said the conference will also define stakeholder roles across government, industry, labour, academia, and civil society. The landmark event will occur in Lagos on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.

“The LASOSH Conference 2025 is a defining moment in Lagos State’s development journey.

With rapid urbanisation, industrial expansion, and rising population density, the state faces complex safety challenges ranging from managing significant events and concerts, building collapses, and transport accidents to industrial hazards, emergency preparedness, and risks in informal sectors.

“The summit will position OSH as a policy and developmental imperative, central to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s vision of making Lagos Africa’s Model Megacity and a Global Economic Hub that is Safe, Secure, Functional, and Productive.”

Mojola added that this year’s summit would move beyond conversations to concrete policy actions, uniting government, industry, labour, academia, civil society, and development partners in co-creating a sustainable safety framework.

According to him, the conference will secure concrete commitments to implement sustainable OSH policies, foster stronger public–private partnerships for safety financing and enforcement, and develop a roadmap aligned with international best practices to strengthen compliance, reduce accidents, and safeguard workers.

In the long term, he said the conference’s outcomes will include safer workplaces and public environments, stronger OSH legislation and institutional frameworks, and improved emergency preparedness and response.