Fire Guts MDGs’ Office In Bauchi
THE office of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bauchi State has been gutted by fire.
The fire, which started at night, affected all the five offices in the building razing all official documents, files, computers and furniture among other valuable items.
Our correspondent learnt that the fire affected the store where stationery materials, projects equipment and other items are kept. Affected also are accounts, technical offices and the office of the Permanent Secretary who heads the MDGs office.
When our correspondent visited the office located behind Bauchi airport near Federal Secretariat complex, staffers were seen under a tree trying to sort out files and document recovered from the fire.
The Permanent Secretary in charge of MDGs Bauchi office, Sambo Umaru Jamberi, who was among the staffers under the tree trying to sort out decline to comment, giving the excuse that he was not competent to speak to journalists on the issue.
“The MDGs office is directly under the Secretary to the State Government office and it is only the SSG that can comment on the fire incidence,” he said, and directed the journalists to the SSG office saying he needed time to consult with the SSG, after when he would decide to or not to speak.
When contacted, the acting director, Bauchi State Fire Service, Babayo Umar Misau, said they received a telephone call at about 8: 23 pm about the fire outbreak.
Misau said men of the Fire Service were able to prevent some valuable document from being consumed by the fire.
He said his men were also able to prevent the fire from spreading to the surrounding environment adding that no life was lost in the incident.
He said the cause of the fire is yet unknown as inquiry is still on-going.
Our correspondent reports that between 2011 and 2012, the MDGs office in Bauchi has received the sum of N2 billion from the federal government and N1 billion from the state government as Condition Grant Scheme for its operations.
From guardiannews.com
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