Fire Outbreak : Nasarawa assembly moves to reposition fire service
23 September 2024 |
8:34 pm
Lafia, Sept.23, 2024 (NAN) Nasarawa State House of Assembly was making efforts to reposition the State Fire Service to tackle fire outbreaks and for effective service delivery in the state. READ ALSO:Nasarawa passes mortgage foreclosure law to boost investment It has passed into a second reading of a Bill for a Law to Establish the …
Lafia, Sept.23, 2024 (NAN) Nasarawa State House of Assembly was making efforts to reposition the State Fire Service to tackle fire outbreaks and for effective service delivery in the state.
It has passed into a second reading of a Bill for a Law to Establish the Nasarawa State Fire and Rescue Service Agency.
This is to provide for the ‘Suppression of Fires, Rescue of Persons and Animals from Hazardous Situations and for Other Matters Connected Thereto’.
Mr. Danladi Jatau, the Speaker of the House, announced the passage of the bill into second reading during its proceedings on Monday in Lafia.
Jatau said that the bill, if passed, would reposition the fire service in the state.
The speaker then committed the bill to the House Committee on Works and Transport to work on it and report back on October 21.
Earlier, Mr Suleiman Azara, the Majority Leader of the house, while reading the substance of the bill, said that it was aimed at repositioning the agency, providing fire fighting and rescue services to the state.
Also contributing, Luka Zhekaba, the Minority Leader, Mr. Jacob Kudu, Mr. Esson Mairiga, and Dr. Peter Ibrahim Akwe, all supported the bill to scale to a second reading.
They said that the bill, if passed and assented to, would also address the challenges of fire outbreak and other disasters in the state.
They said the bill. if passed, would also generate employment, save lives and property.
Azara moved a motion for the bill to scale second reading while Zhekaba seconded it.
The house later unanimously passed the bill into second reading.
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