THE Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), has said that a risk assessment is being carried out to ascertain the extent of the damage caused by the fire incident that engulfed part of its office at Mamman Kontagora House in Lagos.
The Managing Director of FCMB, Gimba Ya’u Kumo, who disclosed this said he had earlier held a stakeholders’ meeting together with LASEMA in Lagos with a view to expedite action in conducting integrity test on the building so that skeletal service can resume by all tenants.
In a statement made available by the Mortgage Bank in Abuja, the bank explained that the outcome would be communicated to the press in due time. Meanwhile, the FMBN henchman extended the appreciation of the bank to Nigerians who showed concern and sympathy during and after the incident. He explained that the inferno, which started around 9am on Wednesday, was caused by a surge from a generator on the third floor, adding that there was no loss of life or damage to sensitive materials.
He words: “We don’t have any report to give presently, but the preliminary information we gathered tells us that the fire outbreak is from the generator room. We have spoken with the facility manager and we have been informed that they tried to service the generator yesterday. We leave this to the state fire service and the experts coming to do the risk assessment. Everything is going to be done professionally and you will be informed of the development. No major document from our side is lost. The management of FMBN wishes to thank Lagos State Fire Service, Federal Fire Service, Nigeria Police, Julius Berger, Nigeria Ports Authority, UBA Plc, LASEMA, and the Union Bank Plc for their unrelenting effort in putting out the fire.”
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