By Ademola Akanni, Abuja
A total of 724 lives were saved across the country by the Federal Fire Service from the various fire incidents that occurred across the nation between June and October last year, reports The Gazelle News.com.
This medium reports further that the Fire Service saved assets worth N1.629tr while 2,615 Fire Calls were responded to by personnel of the Service for the same period.
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this through a post on his Facebook wall.
Earlier in the week, the Minister commissioned 10 ultra modern fire service trucks worth N1.8 billion for the use of the Fire Service.
“The delivery of these new trucks is indeed further testimony of the determination of President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR to repositioning the Federal Fire Service,” the Minister said.