Fire has gutted the new wing of National Assembly complex in Abuja on Thursday.
This was in a statement issued by the Director of Information, National Assembly, Agada Rawlings Emmanuel.
Agada in the statement explained that”the incident happened this evening in one of the janitors, located on the 2nd floor, Room 227 in the new-wing, of the House of Representatives”.
According to the director of information, the fire is suspected to have resulted from an electrical fault which was noticed by one of the Staff to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who promptly alerted the Federal Fire Service Unit stationed in the National Assembly Complex”.
“Accordingly, the fire has been put out with the assistance of the staff on duty, who immediately broke into the affected office and effectively deployed stationed fire extinguishers on the floor before the arrival of the fire service officers.
“Consequently, with combined efforts, the fire was contained in the affected office as power supply to the wing was put off to enable a full assessment and investigations into the incident.
“It is expected that, after due assessment by the fire service and the Estate and works directorates, normalcy would return in the New-Wings housing all principal officer’s of the House of Representatives and Honourable members office.
“Management wish to commend the prompt response and actions by the first responders particularly, National Assembly staff and the Fire Service Unit in helping to contain the fire outbreak”.
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