Fire Service Moves To Enforce Generators Ban

Following a directive
from the Commanding Officer, Federal Fire Service South, South Command, Mr Njoku Chika to business operators at the federal secretariat, Port Harcourt to desist from using their generating sets within the premises of the secretariat in order to forestall fire outbreak, investigations by The Tide indicate that some operators are yet to comply.
Confirming the development to The Tide in a telephone interview on Wednesday, Chika disclosed that some have already complied while others were yet to do so.
“Some have complied but some are still in the process of doing so”, he said.
On why some of the business people were foot dragging on the matter, he said he was deliberately giving them time in order to sustain full compliance.
Speaking in the non-availability of fire fighting equipment at the federal secretariat, Chika, a Deputy Controller, Fine, (DCF) said the issue was tied to the implantation of the budget by the federal government.
“Those equipment have not arrived and we are still waiting.
“You know the budget situation, so when it is implemented. I believe all these things will come”, he assured.
He added that plans were in top gear from Abuja for equipping the service in Port Harcourt.
He could be recalled that at its maiden fire safety programme that was organized by the South, South Command of the Service, three months ago, Chika had assured participants that the federal government would soon provide a fire truck and other important fire fighting equipment and accessories to the command.