The Ministry of Education yesterday, denied
some media report that fire gutted the
account department at the ministry.
Director of Human Resources, Dr. Muham-
mad Umar, stated this in Abuja, when he
conducted journalists round the ministry.
According to the Director, “At about 2.30pm
on Thursday, May 14, when several activities
were going on in the headquarters building,
some staff noticed sparks from the
distribution panel on the 3rd floor. The
attention of the maintenance staff was drawn
to this but before they could act further,the
electrical spark generated fire and fumes.
All persons within the premises were safely
evacuated while the fire service was called
in. The fire was brought under control in
about two hours later”.
He continued, “Not a single paper got burnt
and it is highly unfair of anybody to say the
account department was burnt. And we are
not suspecting any sabotage, they have
started working on the wiring system since
morning and the extent of the damage is still
been assessed.
“And I would like to correct the rumour that
there was no water, there was water and the
fire extinguishers in the building were all
working”.
Director General Services Police Affairs, Mrs.
Matilda Huda, said in their own department
nothing was affected except for the panels.
She noted that, it is highly unfair of anybody
to speculate or exaggerate what happened.
She commended the various agencies that
helped to put out the fire.
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