FIRS Mourns Passing Of 4 Top Officials Who Died In Office Fire In Lagos
A fire tore through an office building on Broad Street, Lagos, on Tuesday and it claimed the lives of four top officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
The fire broke out at the office building called Afriland Towers while the deceased FIRS staff were at one of the two offices that belong to the revenue agency on the 6th and 7th floors.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that FIRS announced the death of the four staff in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by Mr Dare Adekanmbi, who is the chairman of the agency’s Special Adviser on Media.
FIRS offered its condolences while noting that the casualties are Mrs. Ekelikhostse George, Assistant Director; Mr David Sunday-Jatto, Assistant Director; Mrs. Nkem Onyemelukwe, Senior Manager; and Mr. Peter Ifaranmaye, Manager.
‘It is with a heavy heart that FIRS announces the tragic loss of four of its staff members during the fire incident at Afriland Towers, Broad Street, Lagos, on Tuesday. FIRS is one of the tenants occupying the towers with our Medium Tax Audit and Onikan Emerging Tax Office housed on the sixth and seventh floors.
Our Security and Safety officials quickly mobilized and contacted the fire service as soon as they were alerted. On getting to the scene of the incident, thick dark smoke was already billowing out of the building.
The Management and entire staff are in deep shock and sorrow over the development. They offer their condolences to the grieving families and are in touch with the families of our departed colleagues whose commitment to excellence, dedication and professionalism were never in doubt. We will provide all the necessary support at this trying time.
We are working in collaboration with all relevant agencies in Lagos to get to the root cause of the unfortunate incident. While this is going on, we will be reviewing safety measures across FIRS offices in both rented and owned buildings nationwide’ the statement added-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
