LASG Promotes 84 Firemen, Reveals Plan to Establish New Stations

• Lagos State Government promotes 84 firefighters across the rank and file of the service.
• State Government plans to establish fire stations to quickly aid emergencies.

Following the promotion of 84 firefighters, the Lagos state government has announced plans to establish three new fire stations in different parts of the metropolis.

Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, Dr Jimoh Yusuf, made this known while celebrating with the firefighters who had just been promoted,

Speaking at the gathering, he said that the state intends to build three new fire stations at Ebute-Elefun, Ajegunle-Apapa and Abule-Ado to enhance the response time to fire incidents in the areas and adjoining communities.

According to him, the development was to also curb logistic challenges encountered by firefighters when responding to emergency situations.

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Yusuf described the Lagos firemen as the best firefighters in Nigeria based on verifiable facts and his personal encounter with them while attending to fire incidents.

Acting Head of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, disclosed that the promoted officers cut across the rank and file of the service.

In the same vein, she applauded the officers for excelling during the promotion exercise and on their newly attained ranks, Adeseye commended the governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for his unrelenting support since the inception of the present administration.