Controller General of the Federal Fire Service, (FFS), Engineer Abdulganiyu Jaji, has said that henceforth, no fireman in the agency will be promoted without undergoing all necessary pre-requisite training for the next career level.

The CG stated this during the decoration of 74 mid career officers of the service, yesterday in Abuja.

He pointed that from this level on, all promoted officers are going into the senior levels of their careers and most therefore be aware that they are going to be saddled with much responsibility and be transferred to head commands where necessary.

“One thing I want the new officers to have at the back of their mind is that to whom much is given, much is expected. This rank is the rank that gives you more responsibility to carry.

“I want to say it clearly here so your spouses will hear. As long as we are decorating you now, we are filing your name so we can post you to other formations. Many of you will meet yourselves in the zones and in the states. We have realized that some of the Acting Controllers in the states are less than your rank and if we are having 74 of you in Abuja, if we post you out of Abuja, it will be better for the Service.”Jaji said.

He said “Training will make you eligible for promotion. It is important that you attend the training. If you don’t attend the training, you will not be promoted. The Service is going digital so we need to be digital and become intellectuals so we can represent the service confidently. If we don’t train you, you cannot be equipped.