Sanwo-olu appoints new Lagos fire service boss
Published 12 May 2021
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has confirmed the appointment of the Acting Head of the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs Margaret Adeseye.
The confirmation was made in a letter signed the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri- Okunola, on Friday as seen in the Twitter account of the Lagos State government.
Okunola stated that he was pleased to convey the approval of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, confirming the appointment as Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service with immediate effect.
According to Okunola, due cognisance had been taken of Adeseye’s record of impressive performance, which informed the confirmation of her appointment.
Sanwo-Olu appoints new Lagos Fire Service boss
Published 8 May 2021
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has confirmed the appointment of Mrs Margaret Adeseye as the Acting Head of the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service.
The Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri- Okunola, on Friday, revealed the governor’s confirmation of Mrs. Adeseye’s appointment as Director in a letter.
He stated, “I am pleased to convey the approval of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, confirming your appointment as Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service with immediate effect.”
The HOS made it clear that the confirmation of Mrs Adeseye’s appointment is based on her impressive performance in the Service.
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The fire incident which started around 5pm on Saturday raged for over four hours, with 62 traders and about 28 households affected it was learnt. Though no life was lost and injury sustained, emergency authorities confirmed that the fire started from a room converted to shop.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the state Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Federal and State fire services were able to jointly put out the fire.
NEMA Coordinator for Lagos Territorial Office, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the fire started through the gas cylinder being used to cook.
He said that the responders faced challenges of lack of water supply and that five fire tankers from federal, state and LRU had to go some Kilometres away from the scene to source water.