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Update: Fire gutted the payment processing department at the Accountant-General’s office Abuja

The fire at the office of the Accountant General of the Federation earlier
today April 8, gutted two key departments including the one that
processes consolidated revenue sharing amongst the three tiers of
government.

Fire at the Accountant-General

The fire at the Treasury House located in southeast of Abuja city
centre was successfully contained within an hour, as fire fighters and
other first responders including the police and emergency management
officers, raced to the scene shortly after the outbreak.

Premium Times reported that two senior officials briefed on the fire
incident said two key offices were razed by the inferno before it was
put out. The fourth and fifth floors were also affected.

An official said;

“The fire started at the fourth department where federal, state and
local government allocations and other crucial payments are processed
and then found its way up to the fifth floor where the
accountant-general has his office.

“We had to suspend a meeting we had scheduled for 11:a.m. via video conferencing.”

Another official said the fire did affect their data centre. He said;

“The fire did not affect our data centre, which is actually fully
backed up. We have been using computer to process and back up
information for the past 11 years.”

Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service (FFS), Sandra
Ugo told journalists that personnel of the FFS arrived on time and were
able to put out the fire before much damage was done to the building.

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