AGF Office Fire: No Damage To Vital Documents – Senator Adeola

The Chairman of Senate Committee on Finance with oversight power over the Accountant General of the Federation’s office, Senator Solomon Adeola (APC, Lagos West), has declared that there is no cause for alarm over the fire incident at the office of the Accountant General of the Federation. 
Disclosing this shortly after a briefing by the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Idris Ahmed, and an inspection of the office burnt, Senator Adeola said he came visiting following many reports on the social media to see things for himself adding that the fire was put out of the only office it affected in time before spreading to other offices on the fourth floor of the massive edifice housing over 1800 staff.
“After the meeting between the leadership of the National Assembly and members of the Executive on the effects of COVID19 on the economy  where we got news of the fire, I came to see things for myself and I am happy to report that irreparable damage was not done to the building and more importantly documents burnt are easily retrivable as the main server of the office was not affected and only hardcopy of some capital projects, which are online real time are affected” he stated.
He said that there is need for provision of fire trucks for the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to complement a Fire Station under construction in the vital complex adding he expects that the agency will include it in its 2021 Budget proposal for Appropriation.
Earlier on Mr. Ahmed informed the Chairman that the fire started as a result of electrical malfunction of the complex cooling system in the office housing some Capital Account documents adding that the Server of the office, where documents are electronically stored are intact and burnt documents can easily be retrieved.
He commended the FCT Fires Service and over 25 Fire Trucks from NNPC, CBN, Julius Berger and the Army that came to the rescue when FCT Fire Service ran out of water adding that their efforts limited the structural damages to the building which is insured.
He recommended the setting up of an independent panel of inquiry by the Ministry of Finance adding that their report will be made available to the National Assembly beyond the on the spot assessment of the Senator