N1.3 billion worth of property saved from fire in Nasarawa
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By Edwin Philip, Lafia Property worth N1.3 billion has been saved from destruction by fire in Nasarawa State, while assets valued at N2.1 billion were exposed to fire hazards. This was revealed by the Nasarawa State Controller of Federal Fire Service (FFS) Commander of Fire, Eno Kelechi Nwachukwu, during the flag off ceremony of the 2026 National Fire Week Awareness Campaign, which took place on Monday at the Federal Secretariat Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
Context & Background
✦Addressing participants at the event, the Head of Civil Service in Nasarawa, Abigail Waya Esq. represented by the Permanent service in her office, Mrs Belinda Oyigbenu Atinuke, called for a robust collaboration between the Federal Fire Service and their Nasarawa State counterpart, in intelligence, knowledge sharing and quick mitigation of fire disasters and other rescue operations.
Key Figures & Named Entities
2026:This was revealed by the Nasarawa State Controller of Federal Fire Service (FFS) Commander of Fire, Eno Kelechi Nwachukwu, during the flag off ceremony of the 2026 National Fire Week Awareness Campaign, which took place on Monday at the Federal Secretariat Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.2025:“70 percent of fire of incidents are as a result of electricity, as a result of our surges, overload of the cables, extensions is homes, our residential houses see most of these fires and as well as the markets are the places where deaths occur” . “See in 2025 reports, residential houses recorded the highest premise in which all these fire incidents were recorded, about 693 houses were affected, markets 190 and other places were 105, the markets record the highest number of deaths. about 39 were recorded,”he said.
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✦By Edwin Philip, Lafia Property worth N1.3 billion has been saved from destruction by fire in Nasarawa State, while assets valued at N2.1 billion were exposed to fire hazards.
✦This was revealed by the Nasarawa State Controller of Federal Fire Service (FFS) Commander of Fire, Eno Kelechi Nwachukwu, during the flag off ceremony of the 2026 National Fire Week Awareness Campaign, which took place on Monday at the Federal Secretariat Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
✦Addressing participants at the event, the Head of Civil Service in Nasarawa, Abigail Waya Esq. represented by the Permanent service in her office, Mrs Belinda Oyigbenu Atinuke, called for a robust collaboration between the Federal Fire Service and their Nasarawa State counterpart, in intelligence, knowledge sharing and quick mitigation of fire disasters and other rescue operations.
Key Facts:2026: This was revealed by the Nasarawa State Controller of Federal Fire Service (FFS) Commander of Fire, Eno Kelechi Nwachukwu, during the flag off ceremony of the 2026 National Fire Week Awareness Campaign, which took place on Monday at the Federal Secretariat Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.2025: “70 percent of fire of incidents are as a result of electricity, as a result of our surges, overload of the cables, extensions is homes, our residential houses see most of these fires and as well as the markets are the places where deaths occur” . “See in 2025 reports, residential houses recorded the highest premise in which all these fire incidents were recorded, about 693 houses were affected, markets 190 and other places were 105, the markets record the highest number of deaths. about 39 were recorded,”he said.
Editorial Excerpt
Property worth 1.3 billion Naira have been saved from being consumed by fire in Nasarawa State, with a total of 2.1 billion Naira value exposed to fire hazards with an estimated 800 million Naira property loss along with one dead recoded , with the fire crew successfully rescuing eight victims...
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What is the latest development regarding Nasarawa State?
By Edwin Philip, Lafia Property worth N1.3 billion has been saved from destruction by fire in Nasarawa State, while assets valued at N2.1 billion were exposed to fire hazards.
Who are the key organizations or public figures mentioned?
This was revealed by the Nasarawa State Controller of Federal Fire Service (FFS) Commander of Fire, Eno Kelechi Nwachukwu, during the flag off ceremony of the 2026 National Fire Week Awareness Campaign, which took place on Monday at the Federal Secretariat Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
What timeline or key figures were confirmed?
This was revealed by the Nasarawa State Controller of Federal Fire Service (FFS) Commander of Fire, Eno Kelechi Nwachukwu, during the flag off ceremony of the 2026 National Fire Week Awareness Campaign, which took place on Monday at the Federal Secretariat Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
