The Federal Government has said it is planning to decentralize the fire service emergency response system.
This is to improve the response time to emergencies in the country.

The Minister of Interior, Bunmi Tunji-Ojo, who has been inspecting the facilities of various paramilitary organisations under his watch since Wednesday, said this to journalists in his office on Friday.

He said the Federal Government was planning to have firefighting trucks stationed at every economic zone in the country.

According to him,  the plan when executed would help reduce billions of naira lost to fire disasters in the country.

He said,  “We will do everything humanly possible to decentralise the emergency response system. I am happy to see the mobile trucks. If we have more in our economic zones, our markets as first responders, it will be good. It will be very disastrous if there is fire in the markets and there is no immediate response.”

He also promised that the personnel of the Fire Federal Service would be adequately trained in how to handle modern equipment.

Tunji-Ojo said,  “The responsibility of government is the protection of lives and property. This government is alive to its responsibility and we will provide you with firefighting appliances to do your job.

“In terms of capacity building, our training schools will no longer be dumping grounds. We will train and retrain our officers in modern techniques and equip them accordingly.”

Speaking,  the Controller General, Federal Fire Service, Jaji Abdulganiyu, said inadequate manpower and find had been the major challenges faced by his organisation.

He said, “Talking about challenges, permit me also to acquaint you with some of them.  They are inadequate manpower; attacks on firefighters; housing needs for personnel; firefighting infrastructural gaps; and budgetary constraints among others.

“We’re confident that you will use the might and influence of your good office to help resolve some if not all of our issues.”


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That should be privatized

I wish them the best.

I co-support the motion.

Vio is station in every strategic places to be extorting motorist while fire fighter are not it's high time government get it right by doing the needful

FG has no business with fire-trucks it should be local government business.

lionshare:
FG has no business with fire-trucks it should be local government business.

Supported

Okoroawusa:

Supported

he is right....

The interior minister is not yet to play. He is determined and focused to deliver for the interest of Nigerians

This is highly commendable. Hon Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is really working and we absolutely love it. More power to his elbow

Executive decision by the honourable minister of interior

That is very good implementation. God bless the Minister.

Well, that's reasonable. Great!!!

Indeed commendable. Honorable Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is really working great. More Energy to the Job.

The responsibility of government is the protection of lives and property. This government is alive to its responsibility and we will provide you with firefighting appliances to do your job.-Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

“We are going to look into the response time, of the Federal Fire Service. I know you have your challenges, but I am going to work with you to tackle them. Fire is a serious disaster and we need to optimize our processes."~ Hon. (Dr.) Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
Minister of Interior

That's a good one! All the best

The new minister is set to work!

The Minister is full of a lot of positive energy that is capable of changing the history of the paramilitary in this nation. Let's relax and see how things unfold for the nation's good.

Thank you Minister for prioritizing the most important needs (lives and property) of Nigerian.
More strength to do more

May God give you all the power to do more and more in Jesus name. Amen. God bless you Honorable Olubunmi Tunji Ojo.and God bless Nigeria. Amen

It is a welcome development that the Minister is determined to train our fight fighters, improve their welfares and make them effective and responsive during emergencies through provisions of fire fighting trucks, fire service emergency response systems and appliances.

This is a welcome initiative, it will definitely prompt the response time to fire emergencies.

Fire hazards occur across the country daily, decentralization will indeed increase response time.