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Fire guts Tinubu’s Special Adviser office
A fire has completely destroyed the office of President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser (SA) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
In a statement released late on Saturday night, Mohammed Ahmed, the Director of Communications for the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), verified the occurrence.
According to him, the Federal Secretariat in Abuja’s utility rooms located on the second through eighth floors were impacted by the fire incident.
“Around 2:30 p.m., today (Saturday), there was a fire incident at the Block C of the Federal Secretariat, Phase II, Abuja. The fire was triggered by an explosion from the Electrical Utility Room on the 3rd Floor of Block C being used as a Solar and Inverter Room by the present occupant, Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“The incident, which was brought under control by the prompt response of personnel from the Federal, as well as the FCT Fire Services at about 5:00 pm, affected the Utility Rooms on the second to the eighth floors of the building,” Ahmed said.
He said that the Permanent Secretaries, Common Services Office-OHCSF, Mrs. Lydia S. Jafiya and Special Duties Office, Engr. Faruk Yusuf Yabo and Directors from the affected MDAs were on the ground, while the operation to contain the fire lasted.
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